OTHER TITLES
ADAM SMITH
Reaktion Critical Lives, 2016.
A short introduction to Adam Smith, the moral philosopher whose ideas about the good life were very different from the "greed is good" caricature so often associated with him and with capitalism.
“As thorough as it is entertaining. Without oversimplifying, Conlin brings Smith’s world to life.”
CIVILISATION
BFI TV Classics, 2009.
I watched re-runs of Kenneth Clark's thirteen-part documentary series on WNET in New York in the 1980s. In this study of the series' making and meaning I sought to challenge the conventional view of this landmark survey of western history as retardataire and slow.
“The first of a new genre - a fascinating assessment of a television series made soon enough to record the intentions and experiences of its makers yet distant enough to assess its place in cultural history.”
TALES OF TWO CITIES
Atlantic, 2014.
Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when they both vied to be the world’s greatest city. Each city has been the focus of many books, yet here I uncovered the intriguing relationship between them for the first time. It is a history of surprises: Sherlock Holmes was actually French, the can-can was English and the first restaurant served English food in Paris.
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