Early Modern Notes

Patrick Ludolph will host an early modern edition of Carnivalesque at Gilbert Mabbott on 19 July. Send nominations of the best in early modern history blogging since 25 May to him at pludolph*at*umail*dot*ucsb*dot*edu or use the form. If you are interested in hosting History Carnival in September or thereafter, contact sharon*at*earlymodernweb *dot*org*dot*uk.

Peter Forbes for the Independent, 26 September, Robin McKie for the Guardian, 2 November, Janet Maslin for the NYT, 8 July, and Dava Sobel for the Barnes & Noble Review, 17 July, review Richard Holmes's The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science. James Mustich interviews Holmes about his book in Barnes & Noble Review, 6 July.

Nicholas Shakespeare for the Telegraph, 15 January, Jane Shilling for the London Times, 16 January, Sarah Burton for the Independent, 23 January, Kathryn Harrison,"Oh, Lord," NYT, 12 June, and Katha Pollitt,"Lord Byron's Great Insight," Slate, 13 July, review Edna O'Brien's Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life.