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Wombat is finished with The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London – England's Forgotten Scientific Revolutionary and His Rivalry with Newton

WIth the ability to take what might be a dusty topic - character - and make him sing, Jardine proves just how much 17th century London is like our own time. Satisfying read.

— Jan 11, 2025 02:26PM Add a comment

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London – England's Forgotten Scientific Revolutionary and His Rivalry with Newton

Wombat is starting The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The light of Winchester's investigation uncovers a delicious link between an insane American murderer and the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Otherwise under-examined stories well illuminated.

— May 11, 2024 05:43AM Add a comment

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Wombat is on page 466 of 633 of No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

Gradually finding my way through. Franklin makes for a more interesting subject than Eleanor, a statement with which Franklin would agree!

— May 18, 2023 03:22AM Add a comment

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

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