Review of _EVENING’S EMPIRE A history of the night in early modern Europe_

[kestrell]

Kes: this is definitely going on my Amazon books wishlist, and I love the Donne quote
Craig Koslofsky
EVENING’S EMPIRE
A history of the night in early modern Europe
433pp. Cambridge University Press. £55; paperback, £18.99 (US $90; paperback, $29.99).
978 0 521 89643 6
Published: 21 September 2011
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article780998.ece

Comments

[capri0mni]

Oh, man. That does look like a great book. When I moved here, my realtor crowed that isn't it great? You'll have your very own street lamp right at the end of your driveway!

And it was all I could do to keep from howling "No!" from the bottom of my lungs. I hate, hate, hate, streetlamps -- going in and out of bright circles of light, my eyes never get the chance to adjust to the natural light that is actually there, so it makes me so much more nervous to try and travel through a "well-lit" neighborhood. And since my dad's died five years ago, I've no longer had an escape to the country to get away from street lights.

Okay, yes. That's probably TMI.