History Is Embarrassing Ancient Philosophy envy like poison in the

envy like poison in the blood

Ignited by popular uprisings

The renowned author of The Stripping of the Altars takes a new and controversial look at the reign of England’s “Bloody Mary”

the prevalence of purification pools and chalk vessels in Judean settlements

the clash of civilisations was ineviteable

History Is Embarrassing Ancient Philosophy envy like poison in theA collection of essays full of startling directness, fearlessness, and surprise. Filled with profound reflections and snapshots from the past, Karen Chase's History is Embarrassing weaves together threads from one single lifea girl suffering from polio, a poet, a Jewish woman, a writer, and a painter. Like Chase, the characters who populate these essays are outsidersundercover cops, a gay couple in 1500s India, bear poachers, psychiatric patients, and