Tag deborah harkness

August 9, 2017
in History, Humanities, Literature

#BookLoversDay: Books about Books for Book Lovers

August 9, 2017
in History, Humanities, Literature

Feed your book cravings with a book about book, it’s International Book Lovers Day! This list features books about reading books, writing books, studying books, and the history of the book format itself. Book yourself some time to book up in a comfy chair and book out. (How many times

January 27, 2011
in History, Literature, Science

Versatile YUP Authors

January 27, 2011
in History, Literature, Science

Entertainment Weekly’s 2011 preview included a blurb about the forthcoming, debut novel, A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness, with a review by Karen Valby out shortly after. When she published The Jewel House with YUP, a scientific history of Elizabethan London, The New Yorker wrote: “Harkness’s research is revelatory