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Richard Hingley, “Londinium: A Biography” (Routledge, 2018)
Richard Hingley
Londinium
A Biography
Routledge, 2018

New Books in ArchaeologyNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Italian StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society April 18, 2019 Mark Klobas

From its humble beginnings as a crossing point over the river Thames Londinium grew into the largest city in Roman Britain. In Londinium: A Biography (Routledge, 2018), Richard Hingley draws upon the latest archaeological discoveries to provide a look at the growth and development of London over the first centuries... Read More
Margaret C. Jacob, “The Secular Enlightenment” (Princeton UP, 2019)
Margaret C. Jacob
The Secular Enlightenment

Princeton University Press, 2019

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Secularism April 16, 2019 Carrie Lynn Evans

The Secular Enlightenment by Professor Margaret C. Jacob, has been called a major new history on how the Enlightenment transformed people’s everyday lives. It’s a panoramic account of the radical ways that life began to change for ordinary people in the age of Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau. In this landmark... Read More
Robert Matzen, “Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II” (GoodKnight Books, 2019)
Robert Matzen
Dutch Girl
Audrey Hepburn and World War II
GoodKnight Books, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in BiographyNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in FilmNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 16, 2019 Joel Tscherne

Audrey Hepburn was justly known for her long acting career, yet her early life is largely unknown. In his book, Robert Matzen describes how she lived during the World War II period in Nazi-occupied Netherlands. Based on many interviews and other primary sources, Robert shows how she was affected by... Read More
Craig Benjamin, “Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE-250 CE” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
Craig Benjamin
Empires of Ancient Eurasia
The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE-250 CE
Cambridge University Press, 2018

New Books in Central Asian StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network April 12, 2019 Mark Klobas

In the late second century BCE, a series of trading route developed between China in the east and Rome’s empire in the west. Craig Benjamin’s Empires of Ancient Eurasia: The First Silk Roads Era, 100 BCE-250 CE (Cambridge University Press, 2018) describes the emergence of these routes and the roles... Read More
Jeremy Black, “Charting the Past: The Historical Worlds of Eighteenth-Century England” (Indiana UP, 2018)
Jeremy Black
Charting the Past
The Historical Worlds of Eighteenth-Century England
Indiana University Press, 2018

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 11, 2019 Charles Coutinho

Eighteenth-century England was a place of both the enlightenment and progress: new ideas abounded in science, politics, transportation, commerce, philosophy, religion, and the arts. But even as England propelled itself into the future, it was preoccupied with notions of its past, both its immediate past and its far distant past.... Read More