Over the summer I read an amazing book by Judith Flanders, called The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens’ London.
This has always been one of my favorite historical periods, maybe because so many of the books I read as… Read More
The father of my friend Carrie is a lawyer, and he used to travel frequently. One morning, quite early, Carrie called him at his hotel room in Dallas, where he was staying on business, to ask him a question about… Read More
The poet John Milton completed his epic poem, Paradise Lost, in 1665, but publication was delayed until 1667 due to the Plague of 1666 and the Great Fire of 1667. He sold the rights for five pounds.