is Ruth Scurr's Fatal Purity any good? I bought the paperback but the print was too small and a struggle for my bad eyesight. I managed to acquire the e-book but seem to recall someone on here being unimpressed with it.
― calzino, Saturday
I mentioned it upthread. Solid as research but his identification with Robespierre gave me the creeps.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 March 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
omg i forgot abt mike duncan’s revolutions podcast! i love him. maybe i’ll give that a goi was listening to a different podcast abt the revolution but he keeps likening things to star wars & lord of the rings & game of thrones & it makes me deeply eyerolly
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 March 2023 23:08 (one year ago) link
the haiti season of revolutions is short and dovetails nicely with the French Revolution one
― flopson, Sunday, 5 March 2023 10:01 (one year ago) link
update: i finished Popkin’s “A New World Begins” - it was exactly the kind of overview i neededand really well-written. he has a lovely light touch that i appreciated thx for the recommendation Alfred! now i am digging into RR Palmer’s “Twelve Who Ruled” and i am loving itit’s surprising that his conversational-style narrative was written in the 1940’s. Quite a fresh take for the times!
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 7 April 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
Forgot about TWELVE WHO RULED.
― Beatles in My Passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 April 2023 04:42 (one year ago) link
omg it’s so freaking good!! i’m halfway through
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 14 April 2023 05:35 (one year ago) link