Robert Zaretsky is a professor of history at the University of Houston’s Honors College and the author of Victories Never Last: Reading and Caregiving in a Time of Plague.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 12: British Prime Minister Theresa May sits with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as she holds the first Cabinet meeting of her new team at 10 Downing Street on June 12, 2017 in London, England. The Cabinet met for the first time today after being reshuffled by British Prime Minister Theresa May following the Conservatives failing to achieve a majority during last week's general election. (Photo by Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JUNE 22: French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for his first summit since winning the Presidency, at the EU Council headquarters ahead of a European Council meeting on June 22, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. In the first European summit since she lost her Commons majority in the general election, British Prime Minister Theresa May will outline her plans for the issue of expats' rights after Brexit. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
French far-right Front National (FN) party candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen gestures as she speaks during a debate at the French Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CPME) union's headquarters in Puteaux, near Paris on March 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ERIC PIERMONT (Photo credit should read ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 10: French independent presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron chats learns about a training program for refugees at a train repair facility of German state rail carrier Deutsche Bahn on January 10, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Macron, a former government minister and French Socialist, left the French Socialist Party (PS) and has since launched his own political initiative called "En Marche!". Approximately 120 trainees, many from countries incuding Syria, Iraq and Eritrea, are taking place in the program, which is one of many being offered by German companies. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
French prime minister Francois Fillon (C) and his wife Penelope wait for Pope Benedict XVI 's arrival during the canonisation ceremony of the blesseds, Ukrainian Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski , Spanish Francisco Coll y Guitart, Belgian Josef, Daamian de Veuster, Spanish Rafael Arnaiz Bar?n, French Marie de la Croix (Jeanne) Juganon In St. Peters's basilica at the Vatican on October 11, 2009. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI (Photo credit should read ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 15: French President and right-wing ruling party, Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) candidate for the French 2012 presidential election Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during a campaign meeting at Place de la Concorde on April 15, 2012 in Paris, France. President Sarkozy and challenger Socialist Francois Hollande held giant campaign rallies a week before the first round of voting as polls showed Hollande widening his lead by another two points. (Photo by Franck Prevel/Getty Images)
GREECE - AUGUST 24: The Parthenon, front view, Acropolis of Athens (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1987), Greece. Greek civilisation, 5th century BC. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 10: Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba (R) leaves Elysee Palace after a press conference with French President Francois Hollande (L) regard to the COP 21 meeting in Paris, France on November 10, 2015. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
French President Francois Hollande (C) reviews a military honour guard as he attends the inauguration of a Voluntary Military Service in Montigny-lès-Metz, eastern France on October 29, 2015. The centre that is particularly aimed at young people in difficulty opened its doors on October 15, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)
NICE, FRANCE - MARCH 30: Supporters wave French flags as National Front leader Marine Le Pen campaigns ahead of the French elections on March 30, 2012 in Nice, France. The far-right candidate, who has recently slipped behind in opinion polls, is campaigning ahead of the April 22 election. According to reports Le pen,43, has been focusing her campaign on the recent shooting spree carried out by Mohamed Merah in south-western France (Photo by Frederic Nebinger/Getty Images)
PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL - JUNE 15: Karim Benzema of France (2nd L) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's first goal on a penalty kick during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group E match between France and Honduras at Estadio Beira-Rio on June 15, 2014 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
