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Peter Frank Patrick Watson (born 23 April 1943) [1] is a British intellectual historian and former journalist, now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas. His journalistic work includes detailed investigations of auction houses and the international market in stolen antiquities.
Browse the list of books by Peter Watson, a British author and historian. Find ratings, reviews, and editions of his works on various topics, such as history, science, art, and culture.
Oct 13, 2009 · In Ideas, Peter Watson has undertaken a hugely ambitious study, charting the evolution of human history from deep antiquity to the present day through the lens of intellectual development. Here...
Jan 1, 2001 · Peter Watson is a British journalist and historian who has written several books on various topics, such as art, psychology, and history. His most famous work is The Modern Mind, a comprehensive survey of the intellectual trends and achievements of the 20th century.
Sep 26, 2006 · 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.
Aug 14, 2014 · Peter Watson is an intellectual historian, who writes big, ambitious books. His previous work, The German Genius (2010) did an admirable job surveying the extraordinary florescence of German intellectual thought from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
Feb 13, 2014 · In The Age of Atheists, acclaimed historian Peter Watson offers a sweeping narrative of the secular philosophers and poets, psychologists and scientists, painters and playwrights, novelists and even choreographers who have forged a thrilling, bold path in the absence of religious belief.
