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After Failing Math Twice, a Young Benjamin Franklin Turned to This Popular 17th-Century Textbook
Few authors have failed to spot the irony in ... with pre-decimal British currency and a gentle introduction to 17th-century England’s bamboozling array of weights and measures.
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The Century That Wrote Itself
Author Adam Nicolson takes an intimate look at the 17th century's diarists and letter writers and how they produced the first great age of self-depiction.