A review by louisejulig
How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This lighthearted yet informative biography of French essayist Montaigne, who lived in the 1500s and is considered the father of the modern essay form, was more engaging than I expected. It gave much-needed context to his life before I set out to read the Complete Works the following year.