Lewis Crofts

Montesquieu: French philosopher, wrote the rollicking read “Lettres persanes” which is a good a pastiche on French life as you’ll ever read. More Voltaire than Voltaire. Some works were also put on the index of banned books. So I wholly welcome the ECJ honouring him /3

And this by a famous bookseller @Waterstones in Canterbury. A delicious and roving study into why we love books, bookshops, the squiggles in the margin, the sellers of the Seine, the crack of a fresh spine /ends

Two #BookRecommendations Greek myth is a very macho affair. Here’s a retelling of what happened after #TrojanWar thru eyes of the women (Hecuba, Briseis, Andromache et al) It’s the sequel to #SilenceOfTheGirls. Worth looking at ‘heroes’ from another viewpoint @penguinrandom /1