{"title":"Books by Michael Hunter","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780300260953","title":"The Decline of Magic – Britain in the Enlightenment","description":"A new history that overturns the received wisdom that science displaced magic in Enlightenment Britain—named a Best Book of 2020 by the Financial Times In early modern Britain, belief in prophecies, omens, ghosts, apparitions and fairies was commonplace. Among both educated and ordinary people the absolute existence of a spiritual world was taken for granted. Yet in the eighteenth century such certainties were swept away. Credit for this great change is usually given to science – and in particular to the scientists of the Royal Society. But is this justified? Michael Hunter argues that those pioneering the change in attitude were not scientists but freethinkers. While some scientists defended the reality of supernatural phenomena, these sceptical humanists drew on ancient authors to mount a critique both of orthodox religion and, by extension, of magic and other forms of superstition. Even if the religious heterodoxy of such men tarnished their reputation and postponed the general acceptance of anti-magical views, slowly change did come about. When it did, this owed less to the testing of magic than to the growth of confidence in a stable world in which magic no longer had a place.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56232419524981,"sku":"9780300260953","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780300260953_7bb91320-1148-4ebd-9aa2-a6ba487f74ae.jpg?v=1786012529"},{"product_id":"9781009268776","title":"Atheists and Atheism Before the Enlightenment","description":"Anxiety about the threat of atheism was rampant in the early modern period, yet fully documented examples of openly expressed irreligious opinion are surprisingly rare. England and Scotland saw only a handful of such cases before 1750, and this book o?ers a detailed analysis of three of them. Thomas Aikenhead was executed for his atheistic opinions at Edinburgh in 1697; Tinkler Ducket was convicted of atheism by the Vice-Chancellor's court at the University of Cambridge in 1739; whereas Archibald Pitcairne's overtly atheist tract, Pitcairneana, though evidently compiled very early in the eighteenth century, was ?rst published only in 2016. Drawing on these, and on the better-known apostacy of Christopher Marlowe and the Earl of Rochester, Michael Hunter argues that such atheists showed real 'assurance' in publicly promoting their views. This contrasts with the private doubts of Christian believers, and this book demonstrates that the two phenomena are quite distinct, even though they have sometimes been wrongly con?ated.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295286636917,"sku":"9781009268776","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781009268776_94abf043-03f9-45fa-ac63-ecc547bdae96.jpg?v=1786017048"},{"product_id":"9780735244511","title":"Hunter Chef in the Wild","description":"\u003cb\u003eHugely popular outdoorsman, hunter, and chef Michael Hunter shares a stunning and indispensable guide to cooking wild food outdoors with 80+ recipes, techniques, and stories of hunting and fishing in the wild.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeasoned outdoorsman, hunter, and angler Michael Hunter takes readers on his adventures in the wild across North America. In this highly anticipated book, Hunter shares his passion for nature, hunting wild food, and takes cooking outside in over 80 recipes—freshwater fish (bass, trout, walleye, salmon), saltwater fish (tuna, swordfish, halibut, salmon, ling cod), seafood (clams, lobster, octopus, mussels, geoduck), fowl and small game (snow goose, pintail duck, quail, pheasant, rabbit), and large game (bison, wild boar, muskox, elk, deer, bear, beaver), along with vegetables and cocktails and desserts fit for a campfire, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrilled Brook Trout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoho Salmon Candy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrilled Octopus with Romesco Sauce and Salsa Verde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmoked Pintail Duck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHot Rabbit with Braised Collard Greens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCanned Moose Meat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBear Ragu with Smoked Cheddar Polenta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBirch-Syrup-Glazed Bison Short Ribs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElk Smash Burgers, and much more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunter Chef in the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e includes a variety of cooking methods—grilling, smoking, spit-roasting—along with instructional guides: How to Cook a Whole Fish, How to Cure Salmon Roe, How to Harvest and Prepare Geoduck, and How to Roast a Pig.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing stunning nature photography, \u003ci\u003eHunter Chef in the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have book for outdoor adventurers and everyone who wants to get outside, cook over fire, and eat wild food.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296974975349,"sku":"9780735244511","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780735244511_5056c9ff-3099-441c-af0f-77a542f59a2f.jpg?v=1786014859"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-michael-hunter.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}