Tom Hamilton is a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He studied History at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, and at New College, University of Oxford, and is the author of several articles about the social and cultural history of early modern France and Europe.

Tom Hamilton's book is a beautifully crafted study of the life and times of one of the most well-known and oft-quoted authors of the period, the royal office-holder and diarist Pierre de L'Estoile... Hamilton is an excellent story-teller and makes effective use of vignettes to draw the reader into the physical and professional world of L'Estoile and his fellow royal office-holders... Hamilton provides careful analysis of L'Estoile's manuscripts and the sources that informed them, including printed images and broadsheets, as well as the contents of his library... This is a remarkable book, fluently written and nicely illustrated.

• Introduction 1: The Material World of a Household and Collection 2: The Social World of the Palais de Justice 3: Family Life and the Early Civil Wars, 1546-1580 4: The Reign of Henri III, 1574-1589 5: Drolleries of the League, 1589-1598 6: Book Collecting at the End of the Civil Wars, 1598-1611 Conclusion Bibliography Index

Tom Hamilton is a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He studied History at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, and at New College, University of Oxford, and is the author of several articles about the social and cultural history of early modern France and Europe.

Tom Hamilton's book is a beautifully crafted study of the life and times of one of the most well-known and oft-quoted authors of the period, the royal office-holder and diarist Pierre de L'Estoile... Hamilton is an excellent story-teller and makes effective use of vignettes to draw the reader into the physical and professional world of L'Estoile and his fellow royal office-holders... Hamilton provides careful analysis of L'Estoile's manuscripts and the sources that informed them, including printed images and broadsheets, as well as the contents of his library... This is a remarkable book, fluently written and nicely illustrated.

• Introduction 1: The Material World of a Household and Collection 2: The Social World of the Palais de Justice 3: Family Life and the Early Civil Wars, 1546-1580 4: The Reign of Henri III, 1574-1589 5: Drolleries of the League, 1589-1598 6: Book Collecting at the End of the Civil Wars, 1598-1611 Conclusion Bibliography Index

Tom Hamilton is a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He studied History at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, and at New College, University of Oxford, and is the author of several articles about the social and cultural history of early modern France and Europe.

Tom Hamilton's book is a beautifully crafted study of the life and times of one of the most well-known and oft-quoted authors of the period, the royal office-holder and diarist Pierre de L'Estoile... Hamilton is an excellent story-teller and makes effective use of vignettes to draw the reader into the physical and professional world of L'Estoile and his fellow royal office-holders... Hamilton provides careful analysis of L'Estoile's manuscripts and the sources that informed them, including printed images and broadsheets, as well as the contents of his library... This is a remarkable book, fluently written and nicely illustrated.

• Introduction 1: The Material World of a Household and Collection 2: The Social World of the Palais de Justice 3: Family Life and the Early Civil Wars, 1546-1580 4: The Reign of Henri III, 1574-1589 5: Drolleries of the League, 1589-1598 6: Book Collecting at the End of the Civil Wars, 1598-1611 Conclusion Bibliography Index