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| kelseyfrog wrote:
| What a mess of an article. If you're looking for a history of the
| English civil war that's more easily understandable than the
| article and genuinely engaging, I can't recommend Mike Duncan's
| podcast on it enough[1].
|
| 1. http://www.sal.wisc.edu/~jwp/revolutions-episode-index.html
| flonkyflonk wrote:
| It's a review of three books, not a beginners guide to that
| period. I enjoyed and it made me want to read the books, so I
| guess it did its job.
|
| It also contains a philosopher related pun which is either one
| of the best or worst I've ever heard. As great puns should be
| like that, it's probably the latter.
| ZunarJ5 wrote:
| Chapo Trap House recently did a series too:
| https://hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com/views/podcast/
| devindotcom wrote:
| It's a book review.
| jt2190 wrote:
| Specifically of:
|
| "The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England,
| 1603-1689" by Jonathan Healey
| https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/659745/the-
| blazing-...
|
| "The Making of Oliver Cromwell" by Ronald Hutton
| https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300266443/the-making-
| of-...
|
| "Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne" by
| Katherine Rundel
| https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607401/superinfinite
| devindotcom wrote:
| Yes, I actually intend to read the book in question (with
| some salt on the side) but I'm waiting until I finish the
| Wolf Hall books because I don't want any Cromwell spoilers!
| An absurd situation but there it is.
| MilStdJunkie wrote:
| I rather liked it, but that's not a fair opinion, because way
| back when dinosaurs roamed the earth I did a BA in a nearly
| adjacent historical area. Not quite going in cold.
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