All posts tagged "eighteenth century"
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Cultureby Louis Dupre
May 25, 2026The seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophical movement that came to be known as the Enlightenment was...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Union: England, Scotland And the Treaty of 1707 – by Michael Fry
May 20, 2026The story of modern Britain – at least one of the stories – begins some three...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Never Come To Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America – by David Dixon
May 13, 2026Dixon’s approach is both refreshing and accurate. He eschews the required kowtowing associated with ethnic minorities.
History
Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding
May 10, 2026Study of the American founding fathers has become a hothouse industry. The capacity of the American...
Art
A Distant Mirror: Fashion and Identity in Colonial Latin America
April 5, 2026The scene depicted is officially entitled Garden Party on the Terrace of a Country Home, but...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Jays, Films, and Georg Steller
December 17, 2025O’Brian based Aubrey on a Royal Navy captain of two centuries ago, Thomas Cochrane. Lord Cochrane’s...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of France at Blenheim by Charles Spencer
December 8, 2025Even the greatest deeds of brave men can be forgotten in the mists of time -...
African American
Theater Review: A Free Man of Color Starring Jeffrey Wright
June 29, 2025Given the grandeur of its lofty aspirations, the play inevitably fails on some levels, like the...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
June 21, 2025Nevertheless, it is a considerable shock to read indictments of Washington in the letters of Patriot...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
June 21, 2025Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
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