BOTM: S. Charles, The Medieval Scriptorium (2024)
A. Berkeley (as F. Iles), Before the fact (1932)
A. Drury, Advise and consent (1959)
M. Grant, Hunger (2010)
T. Harford, How to make the world add up (2020)
S. Mintz, Sweetness and power (1985)
C. Moran, Moranthology (2011)
T. Pratchett, The thief of time (2001)
S. Richards, The prime ministers we never had (2021)
K. Tordasi, Bramble Fox (2022)
G. Treasure, Huguenots (2014)
J. Wood, How fiction works (Revised edition. 2018)
I read widely this month, but not particularly well. Some of these were duffers and I was especially disappointed in Treasure, which was a turgid account of what should be a fascinating history, and Richards, which was facile and unthinkingly partisan. Some good ones here too, though none was a standout. I'm glad I read Wood, but the middle section did disappear into pretention, and Harford was reliably clear and effective, but I've read too many of this type of books. The best of them all was Charles' book on the medieval book production, which was stuffed full of insights and facts. It's a reminder of just how different reading is for us now, and how little attention we pay to that difference when we talk about medieval government. I bought it on sight. I am glad I did.
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