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Peter Watson
Peter Watson is the author of War on the Mind, Wisdom and Strength, The Caravaggio Conspiracy, Ideas, and The German Genius. Educated at the universities of Durham, London, and Rome, he has written for the Sunday Times, the Times, the New York Times, the Observer, and the Spectator. He lives in... show more



Peter Watson is the author of War on the Mind, Wisdom and Strength, The Caravaggio Conspiracy, Ideas, and The German Genius. Educated at the universities of Durham, London, and Rome, he has written for the Sunday Times, the Times, the New York Times, the Observer, and the Spectator. He lives in London.

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Birth date: January 01, 1943
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Arts, History Of Ideas, Science
Peter Watson's Books
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century - Peter Watson The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God - Peter Watson Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud - Peter Watson The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities--From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums - Peter Watson, Cecilia Todeschini The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century - Peter Watson Madeleine's War - Peter Watson A Terrible Beauty: The People and Ideas That Shaped the Modern Mind - A History - Peter Watson Landscape of Lies (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries) - Peter Watson With Such a Wistful Eye - Peter Watson Nazi Loot - Peter Watson Nazi Loot - Peter Watson Tiger Moths To Typhoons - Peter Watson, ... Tiger Moths To Typhoons - Peter Watson, Andy Parlour, Sue Parlour The Exceptional Child - Thomas Ryan, Sid... The Exceptional Child - Thomas Ryan, Sidney W. Bijou, Peter Watson Completeing the World Trading System, Proposals for a Millennium Round - Peter Watson, Chad Conwell Seasons of Landscape: An Inspirational and Instructive Guide in Photography - Peter Watson Community Farm Boyhood - Peter Watson Community Farm Boyhood - Peter Watson The Caravaggio Conspiracy - Peter Watson Stealing History: The Illicit Trade in Cultural Material - Jenny Doole, Neil Brodie, Peter Watson The Nazi's Wife - Peter Watson The Nazi's Wife - Peter Watson Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science - Peter Watson Nureyev: A Biography - Peter Watson
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The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought t... The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God - Peter Watson
Stealing History: The Illicit Trade in Cultural Material - Jenny Doole, Neil Brodie, Peter Watson
Der deutsche Genius: Eine Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte von Bach bis Benedikt XVI. - - Yvonne Badal, Peter Watson
Madeleine's War - Peter Watson
The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities-- From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museum - Peter Watson, Cecilia Todeschini
Ideen - Peter Watson
The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century - Peter Watson
Nureyev: A Biography - Peter Watson
The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century - Peter Watson
A Terrible Beauty: The People and Ideas That Shaped the Modern Mind - A History - Peter Watson
Peter Watson's readers
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Community Reviews
Domhnall
Domhnall rated it 7 years ago
text The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
Watson’s enormous book is bracketed by an introduction where he defines the problem he wants to solve and a concluding chapter setting out his findings. The vast quantity of material in between is not conducive to a rational judgement. I would have preferred a much more selective and economic pres...
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Domhnall
Domhnall rated it 7 years ago
text The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God
This book explores suggestions for diverse ways to live in the absence of God. It is far better than my review and I recommend it. The book starts with Nietzsche's Death of God, and that identifies from the outset that the atheism of this book does have its origin in the rejection of a monotheistic ...
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Sister Mary Murderous
Sister Mary Murderous rated it 9 years ago
text The first half is slow and overly explanatory
Author Peter Watson bases his story on the real-life young men and women recruited by Churchill’s Special Operations Executive to be parachute-dropped behind enemy lines. Their orders were to “set Europe ablaze” by helping the Resistance and sending intelligence back to England. The likelihood of ...
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XOX
XOX rated it 10 years ago
url The Age of Atheists explored how atheists live after the dead of gods
This is an interesting book. A history book on what live is like for atheists. See the link in the title to read more. Again, I found lacking in term of reviews on this site. We do need more reviews on non-fiction books. Especially to counteract the fake one on Amazon.
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Doubleday Publishing
Doubleday Publishing rated it 10 years ago
text Madeleine's War
I'm a huge fan of stories that take place during WWII and Madeleine's War by Peter Watson was the perfect blend of romance and history! It was definitely a unique perspective on a very well know topic. One of the best war novels I have ever read and I couldn't put it down. The book takes you on a ri...
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