History — from the blog
Essays, reading notes and reviews from the history shelves of the collection.
Empire, Settlement, and Self-Government: A Reading List for Independence Day
Eight books from the collection, read in a line that runs from the machinery of empire to the arguments a new nation makes for itself.
Henry Graham Dakyns: The Voice of Xenophon in English
A British translator who brought the histories, dialogues and treatises of the ancient Greek writer Xenophon into readable English.
Kenilworth by Walter Scott: A Book Note
An orientation to Scott's Elizabethan novel of a hidden marriage, a scheming courtier, and the great festivities at Kenilworth Castle.
The Amazing Interlude: A Wartime Romance With a Stage-Set Frame
Mary Roberts Rinehart follows a sheltered young woman who runs a blockade into the war zone and comes home changed, if unevenly told.