Poetic Obituaries: [Perez Zagorin's] 1999 book about the 17th-century

English philosopher Francis Bacon was praised in the British Times Literary Supplement as "the best single-volume study available."

Dr. Zagorin also wrote about poet John Milton and the development of the idea of religious tolerance in Europe. In 2005, he published a book for general readers about the Greek historian Thucydides. His final book, "Hobbes and the Law of Nature," to be published later this year, examines the moral and political thought of 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

from The Washington Post: Historian Was Expert On English Revolution

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