Books by Ritchie Robertson

4. Ritchie Robertson, The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790 .  This tome offers 780 pp. about the Enlightenment, how unhappy can you be?  This book is a well-done introduction, yet perhaps for my knowledge level it spends too much time regurgitating general truths.  I am happy to recommend it to people less interested than I am in reading the primary sources.