Andrew S. Curran

My only complaint is the plethora of names....many I knew, many I did not. An all inclusive list of the characters ( more extensive than the abbreviated list provided) would have been welcome. I love the Enlightenment and works dealing with this timeframe I find exciting and wonderful. Diderot is a minor hero of mine so the book was a feeding frenzy on my part. Well-written although splitting the book into two sections, one mostly biographical and the second mostly thematic was maybe not the best. Still, an excellent read.… (more)