Alexander Lee
@alexander_c_lee
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Author - Historian - Columnist @HistoryToday - Fellow @RenWarwick - Fellow @RoyalHistSoc - Rep’d @GeorginaCapel - New Book: MACHIAVELLI (https://t.co/46XvPtYedH)
Joined February 2012
“[T]he definitive book on Machiavelli” — fantastic review of MACHIAVELLI in yesterday’s @ST_Culture from Christopher Hart
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Finally made it to the Ribera exhibition @PetitPalais_ this afternoon - and what a *triumph* it is. Powerfully, viscerally exhilarating from start to finish…
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It was great fun to appear on the latest episode of “Inside the Factory” on @BBCOne . Really enjoyed helping to tell the story of picnics - even though we did end up filming in Regents Park in the rain! Check out the whole programme here:
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Wilson-Lee reveals “not only the vibrancy and excitement of quattrocento philosophy, but also the lineaments of a problem that – in a world of demagogues and fake news – still torments us today.” 🖋️ My review of “The Grammar of Angels” for @Lit_Review
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@EdwardWilsonLee reveals “not only the vibrancy and excitement of quattrocento philosophy, but also the lineaments of a problem that–in a world of demagogues and fake news– still torments us today” - My review of “The Grammar of Angels” for @Lit_Review
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@EdwardWilsonLee @Lit_Review It was a delight to review. Many congratulations again - it really is a *magnificent* book!
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What if 1,000 years of history *never happened*? What if almost all works of classical literature were forged by medieval monks? What if...?? 🖊️My latest column - on "phantom time", pseudo-history, and conspiracy theory - for @HistoryToday
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RT @ePublic_Letters: 🚨 Join us on Wed. 29 January at 12 noon (EST)/6pm (CET) for our first event of 2025! Monique O'Connell (Wake Forest…
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Some nice post today! Looking forward to reviewing this one…
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Delighted to have been asked to give a talk on “Machiavelli and Virgil” to the Virgil Society later this year. Should be fun - hope to see you there! 🗓️ 2:30pm, Saturday 11 October 2025 📍Senate House, London
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RT @marty_benz: W.H. Auden's dream curriculum for poetry students. I especially love number 5 🪴
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Superb piece by the incomparable @alastair_benn
Globally, literacy is in retreat, and with it the ability to imagine a broader, deeper reality than our own. My latest for @EngelsbergIdeas:
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RT @bevismarksuk: We are relieved, thank G-d, to be able to recite Birkat Levana tonight in the @cityoflondon without fear that it could be…
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Do take a peek at my original article on swallows for @HistoryToday … Remarkably, it was once thought that swallows spent their winters on the Moon or asleep on river beds!
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