Throughout William Gibson's Spook Country Milgrim is reading a book he found in the pocket of the coat he stole. Its a 1961 history of messianic medieval history.
Has anyone managed to identify the book?
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I tweeted Bill Gibson @GreatDismal, including a link to this page. He has just answered "that one" (i.e. the one mentioned here above).
"@GreatDismal What book is Milgrim reading in William Gibson's Spook Country?"
So it is indeed The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Messianism in Medieval and Reformation Europe and its Bearing on Modern Totalitarian Movements by Norman Cohn, as found by sjl.
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Thanks for the constructive answer. I had found the book title but hadn't been able to get a copy to read and didn't want to jump to conclusions. – Stevetech Dec 18 '12 at 17:41
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Ctrl-Ffor '1961' found The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Messianism in Medieval and Reformation Europe and its Bearing on Modern Totalitarian Movements by Norman Cohn. – sjl Dec 16 '12 at 23:55