Robert Darnton

29 books

Berlin Journal, 1989-1990 by Robert Darnton

Berlin Journal, 1989-1990

Robert Darnton

336 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history informative tense slow-paced
The Bohemians by Anne Gédéon LaFitte, Vivian Folkenflik, Marquis de Pelleport, Robert Darnton

The Bohemians

Anne Gédéon LaFitte, Vivian Folkenflik, Marquis de Pelleport, Robert Darnton

248 pages • first pub 1790 (editions)

fiction classics challenging funny medium-paced
The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800 by Robert Darnton

The Business of Enlightenment: Publishing History of the Encyclopédie, 1775-1800

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

638 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future by Robert Darnton

The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future

Robert Darnton

218 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative slow-paced
Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature by Robert Darnton

Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature

Robert Darnton

304 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon by Robert Darnton

The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

534 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France by Robert Darnton

The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France

Robert Darnton

440 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century by Robert Darnton

George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century

Robert Darnton

224 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnton

The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

298 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution by Robert Darnton

A Literary Tour de France: The World of Books on the Eve of the French Revolution

France and Culture

Robert Darnton

376 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced