100 Most Influential Books Ever Written

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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (1998) is a book of intellectual history written by Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), a British poet, critic, and biographer. The one hundred most influential books, according to Seymour-Smith, in the approximate chronological order he gives:
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  • 4
  • 1998
  • 3
  • 1998
  • 3
  • 1998
  • 2
  • 1998
  • 1
  • 1998
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Martin Seymour-Smith

Martin Roger Seymour-Smith (24 April 1928 – 1 July 1998) was a British poet, critic and biographer. Seymour-Smith was born in London. He began as one of the most promising of Anglophone post-war poets, but became better known as a critic, writing biographies of Robert Graves (whom he met first at...

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