This book focusses on the concept of temporality that is underlying the study of history, as it was developed as an academic discipline between the 17th and the 19th century. This concept often is also called ‘modernity’. Hunt sketches the strengths and weaknesses of this way of looking at the past as a distinct field of study. In this she subscribes to the theory developed by the German philosopher of history Reinhart Koselleck in the 1970’s, but also offers a way out of the modernity-focus. For a more elaborate review: see my History-account on Goodreads, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1563326852 ( )