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Bookpossum · 01-20-2016, 06:30 PM

Thanks for the article link bfisher - interesting to read. Hobsbawm, Thompson and Hill are all good historians IMO, having had occasion to read one or more books by each of them when I was studying history.

Interesting too about Mary McCarthy and Lillian Hellman, issybird. Not something I was aware of, though I remember being impressed by Scoundrel Time when I read it. Maybe Hellman portrayed herself as more heroic than she was, though it read as if it was true.

01-20-2016, 06:30 PM	#22
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Thanks for the article link bfisher - interesting to read. Hobsbawm, Thompson and Hill are all good historians IMO, having had occasion to read one or more books by each of them when I was studying history. Interesting too about Mary McCarthy and Lillian Hellman, issybird. Not something I was aware of, though I remember being impressed by Scoundrel Time when I read it. Maybe Hellman portrayed herself as more heroic than she was, though it read as if it was true.