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Title: Fascinating, but not enough letters!
Review: Editor Ozment presents letters between a Nuremberg merchant and his wife. These letters are very interesting in that they tell about everyday life in the 16th century. Professor Ozment's commentary on the letters is helpful; however, the book would have been better served if a greater number of the letters had been included. Although some 87 letters between Magdalena and Balthazar are exant, the editor includes fewer than 20 in their entirety. Also, the entire volume is fewer than 200 pages so the book could have been longer. These minor objections aside, Magdalena and Balthazar is a fascinating read!
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