James Daybell
Autor von Histories of the Unexpected: How Everything Has a History
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James Daybell is Professor of Early Modern British History at Plymouth University, UK, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is author of Women Letter-Writers in Tudor England (2006); editor of Early Modern Women's Letter-Writing, 1450-1700 (2001), Women and Politics in Early Modern mehr anzeigen England, 1450-1700 (2004), and (with Peter Hinds) Material Readings of Early Modern Culture, 1580-1730 (2010). weniger anzeigen
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It sort of works. I genuinely enjoy reading history from any viewpoint that doesn't include wars, battles, skirmishes, politics, genocides or religious persecutions, and for the most part this book delivered on that. At times the authors slipped into their true historian selves and some of the above made an appearance. I skimmed those sections, and skipped sections that included histories involving animal cruelty, but there was very little of both.
The writing was good enough to hold a reader's attention, but the structure of the book lends itself to limited attention spans, or for dipping into a chapter at a time. Since it's designed to bounce around, it's difficult to get absorbed in the reading of it.
Possibly a good choice for a young adult reluctant to see the point of history.… (mehr)