by Rich Lowry
Every page of The Golden Thread is highly readable and brims with insight about the roots of Western Civ.
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Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, oil on canvas. Inset: Cover of Volume II of The Golden Thread
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If The Golden Thread, the new two-volume history of the Western tradition, landed with a thud, it’s a matter of sheer weight.
Altogether about twelve pounds of book and 1,968 pages of text, The Golden Thread is a prodigious product — and an even more prodigious achievement.
About the Author
Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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If The Golden Thread, the new two-volume history of the Western tradition, landed with a thud, it’s a matter of sheer weight.
Altogether about twelve pounds of book and 1,968 pages of text, The Golden Thread is a prodigious product — and an even more prodigious achievement.
About the Author
Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.
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