Volume 51, Number 4 · March 11, 2004
The Hidden France
By Gordon S. Wood
George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century
by Robert Darnton
Norton, 208 pp., $23.95
Robert Darnton's short book George Washington's False Teeth is a collection of his recent essays, some of which will be familiar to readers of The New York Review, where they first appeared. The book presents a good sample of Darnton's latest thinking on matters that have engaged him throughout his career, a career that has focused almost exclusively on eighteenth-century France. As with his other work, his prose here is exceptionally clear and evocative.
Review, 4250 words
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