Enlightened Despot
My blogs
| Occupation | writer |
|---|---|
| Location | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Introduction | This blogger runs both "Alexander Hamilton Speaks" and "Thomas Jefferson Speaks" on blogspot.com. Both blogs present opinions & ideas of these Founders which are probably not familiar to many Americans. |
| Interests | American literature, culture, and history. European literature, languages, and history. Cycling. |
| Favorite movies | Diva, Blow-Up, The Royal Tenenbaums, Judgment at Nurenberg, Harold & Maude, Master & Commander |
| Favorite music | composers: Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Nielsen. Chamber music. The cello. Shostakovich. popular: Bob Dylan, the Stones, Radiohead |
| Favorite books | I'm currently reading Peter Gay's erudite two-volume intellectual history of the Enlightenment. (I'm well into volume 2.) I'm also working my way through Patrick O'Brian's sea novels. |