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Niall Ferguson on Why We Study History

Conversations with Tyler

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What Do You Think of Quenton Skinner?

I have no preference. Aren't queens better? They're less likely to do wrong and get themselves into trouble. We had mary, queen of scots, who got herself in more trouble than pretty much any monarch i can think of. I don't think the sample size is large enough. If it's not got henry the eighth in it, you're going to struggle for an audience. And i've studiously avoided writing about monarchs. It's probably wiended up in the united states, because american readers are more interested or ready to read about bankers than british readers, who do like kings and queens. The problem with the project was that their letters were

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