France and Culture

The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon by Robert Darnton

The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

534 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 by Robert Darnton

The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

638 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution by Robert Darnton

A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

376 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France by Robert Darnton

Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

232 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science informative slow-paced
The Literary Underground of the Old Regime by Robert Darnton

The Literary Underground of the Old Regime

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

272 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton

The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

298 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History by Robert Darnton

The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

missing page info • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective medium-paced
L'intellettuale clandestino. Il mondo dei libri nella francia dell'illuminismo by Robert Darnton

L'intellettuale clandestino. Il mondo dei libri nella francia dell'illuminismo

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

missing page info • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris by Robert Darnton

Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

224 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history poetry dark tense slow-paced