A Tale of Two Authors: A Manuscript Sixty Years in the Making

History Department Seminar Series featuring Ben Trotter
Wednesday, Sept. 26
5 p.m.
History Dept Lounge in Anne Belk Hall

Ben Trotter, formerly of Ohio State University, Columbus State College and Bexley School, is co-author (with John Rule) of the award-winning "A World of Paper: Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the Rise of the Information State" (McGill-Queen's U.P., 2015). It won both the Pinkney Prize (Society for French Historical Studies) and the Gershoy Prize (AHA).

For more information on the book, visit: https://www.mqup.ca/blog/qa-kyla-madden-speaks-world-paper-author-ben-trotter.

For questions, contact Michael Turner, turnermj@appstate.edu.

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Ben S. Trotter
Published: Sep 19, 2018 4:05pm

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