Independent scholar Bobrick's (Angel in the Whirlwind; etc.) erudite yet accessible history chronicles the turbulent period from the first English translation of the Bible, sponsored by John Wycliffe in 1382, to the King James Version in 1611....
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Benson Bobrick, Author . Simon & Schuster $26 (369p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2482-6
In this lively work, historian Bobrick (Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired
) takes the reader on a kaleidoscopic journey through the history of the reading of the stars. As he shows, from astrology's
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Benson Bobrick, Author . Simon & Schuster $28 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9025-8
George Thomas remains one of the less studied and less appreciated Union generals in the Civil War. In the first full-scale biography for decades, historian Bobrick (Testament: A Soldier’s Story of the Civil War
) presents a Virginian who...
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Benson Bobrick, Author Poseidon Press $28 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-66755-9
As recounted by Bobrick, Russia's conquest of far-flung Siberia is a magnificent saga that rivals that of the settlement of the American West in its tragic drama. Lured by the prospect of a lucrative fur trade, small bands of Russians, convinced of...
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Benson Bobrick, Author Putnam Publishing Group $22.95 (398p) ISBN 978-0-399-13256-8
The 16th century of Ivan is explored here at wearing length. Writing prose of a gloominess that matches the era, Bobrick (Labyrinths of Iron) presents Russian history going back to Christianization in A.D. 988 before birthing Ivan in 1530, then to...
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Benson Bobrick, Author Simon & Schuster $21.5 (240p) ISBN 978-0-671-87103-1
A former stutterer, Bobrick (Labyrinths of Iron) here offers his perspective on the condition as well as an interesting history of how physicians have treated it. Stuttering, or stammering (the terms are interchangeable clinically), occurs four...
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Benson Bobrick, Author Simon & Schuster $30 (560p) ISBN 978-0-684-81060-7
At a time when America's most mythic figures are subject to character assault, revisionist ideology and general bad press, Bobrick (East of the Sun) appears as a formidable defense counsel for the Founding Fathers, delivering a deft consolidation of
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Benson Bobrick. Simon & Schuster, $28 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4165-6762-2
Popular historian Bobrick (The Fated Sky: Astrology in History) breathlessly recounts the ornate pageantry of the Islamic caliphate, from its meteoric rise as an empire on three continents, with magnificent cities that were centers of scientific and
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Benson Bobrick, Author, Benjamin Webb Baker, Author Simon & Schuster $23 (277p) ISBN 978-0-7432-5091-7
Civil War buffs will relish this extraordinary new history from Bobrick (Wide as the Waters), based on a collection of letters written by his great-grandfather, Benjamin ""Webb"" Baker. The letters date from 1861, when the 19-year-old enlisted in...
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