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I have to say I was disappointed in this book. For a start, it's not really about Galileo's daughter, and it's not even the story of Galileo's troubles as seen from the perspective of his daughter. Instead it feels more like a gimmick to retell the standard story of Galileo by interspersing the text with a few letters from his daughter.
I read a lot of academic historical non-fiction and I don't think this is particularly well written. On the positive side, I didn't know the details of Galileo's story and found it quite interesting (I had the impression that he'd had a much harder time of things than he did)!
I read a lot of academic historical non-fiction and I don't think this is particularly well written. On the positive side, I didn't know the details of Galileo's story and found it quite interesting (I had the impression that he'd had a much harder time of things than he did)!