Lewis Crofts

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This richly evocative novel-in-letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country - the modern Iran - to journey to Europe in search of wisdom. As they travel, they write home to wives and eunuchs in the harem and to friends in France and elsewhere. Their colourful observati
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Lewis Crofts 5mos

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

This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a journey through comfort reads, street book stalls, mythical libraries, itinerant pedlars, radical pamphleteers, extrao
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Lewis Crofts 1y

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

The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, which continues to wage bloody war over a stolen woman—Helen. In the Greek camp, another woman—Briseis—watches and waits for the war's outcome. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms, until Achilles,
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Lewis Crofts 1y

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

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