Auraist: picking the best-written books

Auraist: picking the best-written books

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Auraist: picking the best-written books
Auraist: picking the best-written books
The best-written history book of the year: read the opening pages of Anna Della Subin's Accidental Gods

The best-written history book of the year: read the opening pages of Anna Della Subin's Accidental Gods

One of the tonally richest prose styles of 2023 in any genre

Dec 10, 2023
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The best-written history book of the year: read the opening pages of Anna Della Subin's Accidental Gods
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Next week we’ll be posting Subin’s masterclass on prose style in nonfiction. Last month we chose Accidental Gods as the best-written book on the PEN Hessell-Tiltman shortlist for historical writing. …

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