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There used to be two sorts of history publication: highly academic (for which read "virtualy unreadable") and popular.
Now there seems to be a third type that fits neatly in between. Very readable literature reviews that allow the more intetested non-academic reader to gain insights that, even, thirty years ago would have been buried in copious footnotes (often in Latin).
Mr Singleton's work on Montrose fits the bill nicely.
While ...more
There used to be two sorts of history publication: highly academic (for which read "virtualy unreadable") and popular.
Now there seems to be a third type that fits neatly in between. Very readable literature reviews that allow the more intetested non-academic reader to gain insights that, even, thirty years ago would have been buried in copious footnotes (often in Latin).
Mr Singleton's work on Montrose fits the bill nicely.
While ...more
