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

5.0

I just wanted to know a little bit about Montaigne after having explored Marcus Aurelius and the Stoics. Instead, I devoured this book. Blakewell's writing rather than being dryly academic (I'm used to wading through that stuff in my research) was conversational, explanatory in modern terms, and highly readable. I came away enlightened rather than simply informed. Looking forward to more of Blakewell's work.