"The most beautiful history book of the year is Marking the Hours: English People and their Prayers, 1240–1570... Eamon Duffy examines surviving copies of the Book of Hours, the most intimate book of the late Middle Ages, tracing the marks left by readers — everything from laundry lists scribbled in the margins to personalised versions of prayers. This richly illustrated book takes us back into the hearts and souls of the English long ago."
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University of Cambridge alumniUniversity of Cambridge facultyHistorians from IrelandCatholics from IrelandFellows of the British Academy
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Ruth Scurr, 'Piety, palaces, prewar prescience', The Times Books (18 November 2006), p. 14
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