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Adventures in the City of Light: Rousseau’s Lost Children, by Gavin McCrea, reviewed

21 February 2026 9:00 am

An academic specialising in Jean-Jacques Rousseau slips back in time to 1777 to accompany his hero on long philosophical rambles around Paris

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