But in "The Cousins' Wars" he has given us a juicy, provocative account of where we have come from.

The provocative account of the "Goldberg" Variations that Vladimir Feltsman offered on Sunday afternoon, in fact, had elements that supported both the revisionist and purist views.

In 1985 our reviewer, Carol Brightman, found this to be a flawed but provocative account marked by a "strange poignancy."

Simon Schama challenges enduring prejudices with prejudices of his own in this provocative and stylish account of the first few years of the French Revolution.

If you want teenagers to read a provocative, honest and gripping account of bullying at secondary school then Inside My Head is a must.

"He has given us a juicy, provocative account of where we have come from."

And in his provocative account, Mr. Friedman suggests what this brave new world will mean to all of us, in both the developed and the developing worlds.

The result is a "provocative and often deeply moving" account, Joyce Carol Oates wrote here in 2001.

The result is a provocative, informative and largely persuasive account.

But his opening salvo, a probing, provocative account of the "Goldberg" Variations, made it clear that his ideas about Bach are worth consideration.