Maxine Berg
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Maxine Berg reviews a title on shopping, collecting and patronage in Jacobean, Stuart and Civil War England.
Published May 12 2006
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Maxine Berg looks at the commercial battle to dominate Europe that ran alongside the wars with France, and the product revolution that gave Britain the edge in this field. Published June 22 2005
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