Dark Brilliance Spooky When his best friend Tom

When his best friend Tom is abducted

rather than working against them

and looks at how peasant life has been remembered - and misremembered - in contemporary culture

author of The Hands of Time 'Absolutely fascinating from beginning to end - an adventure like no other

interiors stylist and writer Abi Dare busts the myths

Dark Brilliance Spooky When his best friend TomA sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance, by the author of The Borgias and The Florentines. During the 1600s, between the end of the Renaissance and the start of the Enlightenment, Europe lived through an era known as the Age of Reason. This was a revolutionary period which saw great advances in areas such as art, science, philosophy,