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MALCOLM, N., Reason of State, Propaganda, and the Thirty Years' War. An Unknown Translation by Thomas Hobbes. Oxford University Press, 2007. 240p. Hardback. The bringing to light of a previously-unknown work by a major writer or thinker is always a cause of excitement, and even more so when the author in question is a figure of the stature of Hobbes. Noel Malcolm's discovery amongst the papers of the first Earl of Newcastle of an imcomplete manuscript translation, unmistakably in Hobbes' handwriting, of an inflammatory European political pamphlet of the 1620s, is thus a tantalising and provocative event...Most professional scholars...will close this slim volume with mingled emotions of admiration and despair: admiration at the reach, precision and judgement of Malcolm's scholarship, despair over whether they could themselves emulate it. David Womersley, Social Affairs Unit Web Review (Publisher's information). € 81.53 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199215935