Book History

Coronavirus: Why Daniel Defoe’s book about the 1665 plague is relevant today

Surprisingly, as people learnt later, Defoe had made the whole thing up.

David Roberts, The Conversation
· Apr 16, 2020 · 05:30 pm
Glimpses of 'Aristotle’s Masterpiece': A 17th-century guide on what to expect when you're expecting

The book, neither by Aristotle nor a masterpiece, offers peculiar and eccentric advise on sex, pregnancy and childbirth

Maddy Smith
· Mar 24, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Can this video quest for Soviet books from our childhood bring back the magic?

Three Mumbai filmmakers go back into their past for a documentary on the books they loved.

Scroll Staff
· Dec 25, 2015 · 12:30 pm

What were the Mughals' favourite books?

John Seyller’s comprehensive survey in 1997 of manuscripts containing Mughal valuations and inscriptions gives a fairly good indication.

Ursula Sims-Williams
· Dec 23, 2015 · 06:30 pm