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Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason from Descartes to Peter the Great
Paul Strathern
A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance, by the author of The Borgias and The Florentines.
400 pages, 2x8pp colour plates
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 1, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9781838958558 |
| Publishers | Atlantic Books |
| Pages | 400 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 163 × 39 mm · 656 g |
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