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The Thrill of Late Antiquity
The historian Peter Brown’s memoir recounts an academic career that has taken him from Oxford to Iran to California, in a nostalgic portrait of twentieth-century academic life that can still offer a primer to young scholars.
Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History
by Peter Brown
March 7, 2024 issue