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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 2003
This is a refreshing and stimulating collection of essays by one of the preeminent historians of the 18th century. Intended for informed lay readers and academics alike, the collection teaches us as much about writing and approaching history as it does about the specific period under review. Darnton (history, Princeton; The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France) mostly focuses on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, giving us what he cal...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




