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<p> Praise for The Lunar Men <p>&#8220;The warmth of friendship and the intoxicating fizz of discovery make [ The Lunar Men ] irresistible reading.&#8221; &#8212;Lev Grossman, Time <p>&#8220; The Lunar Men is a grand story . . . Jenny Uglow&#8217;s magnificent group history chronicles a last great upsurge of the all-embracing Renaissance spirit . . . Start reading some evening when the moon is full.&#8221; &#8212;Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World <p>&#8220;A playful, exuberant book.&#8221; &#8212;Richard Eder, The New York Times <p>&#8220;An absolute wonder of a book, huge in its span and close in its detail, nothing less than a snapshot of what and who was best about Britain and its intellectual life in the middle of the eighteenth century.&#8221; &#8212; The Economist <p>&#8220;An absorbing and rich account of the dreams and determination of the engineers of the first Industrial Revolution.&#8221; &#8212;Brian Dolan, The Times Literary Supplement <p>&#8220;Excellent

<p> Praise for The Lunar Men <p> The warmth of friendship and the intoxicating fizz of discovery make [ The Lunar Men ] irresistible reading. --Lev Grossman, Time <p> The Lunar Men is a grand story . . . Jenny Uglow's magnificent group history chronicles a last great upsurge of the all-embracing Renaissance spirit . . . Start reading some evening when the moon is full. --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World <p> A playful, exuberant book. --Richard Eder, The New York Times <p> An absolute wonder of a book, huge in its span and close in its detail, nothing less than a snapshot of what and who was best about Britain and its intellectual life in the middle of the eighteenth century. -- The Economist <p> An absorbing and rich account of the dreams and determination of the engineers of the first Industrial Revolution. --Brian Dolan, The Times Literary Supplement <p> Excellent and fascinating . . . [Uglow is] a serious and enthralling writer. --P. N. Furbank, The New Yor

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