Why Good History Books Are Like Clocks

On my constant return to Natalie Zemon Davis's classic history of Martin Guerre

In today’s essay, we leave the world of politics for a bit: I have noticed from the stats that many of you like it when I write about history, and I will do a little more of that.

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