Tag Archives: Historical
Valiant Gentlemen
by Sabina Murray…bore witness to so much of the history we live with now, brought to vivid, thrilling life here. This novel is made out of history but is every bit a…
The Undertaking
by Audrey Magee“A powerful creation . . . profoundly moving. Ms. Magee’s willingness to examine the darkest elements of the conflict in a novel that still…
The Train to Warsaw
by Gwen Edelman“With remarkable economy and finesse . . . unsentimentally and vividly, Edelman re-creates the chaos, the din, and the brutality as everything was stolen…
Thomas Cromwell
by Tracy BormanA fascinating biography of Henry VIII’s most trusted aide, Thomas Cromwell, a commoner who became second only to the king.
Tell
by Frances ItaniThe mesmerizing follow-up to Itani’s award-winning Deafening, Tell charts the year 1919, when “the boys” came home from the Great War.
Talleyrand
by Duff Cooper“If biography is to be defined as “the history of an individual conceived as a work of art,” then Mr. Duff Cooper’s book would…
Tamburlaine Must Die
by Louise Welsh“Welsh’s novel is as quick and dark as a child’s nightmare. . . . Fictionalizes Marlowe’s last days with novelistic wit and interpretive imagination….
State Counsellor
by Boris AkuninFrom the writer who reinvented the Russian crime novel, a gripping tale of political subterfuge and murder in turn-of-the-century Moscow featuring the inimitable hero…
A Son of Thunder
by Henry Mayer“A fine job of placing Henry’s idea of republican rectitude in context without ignoring the many ironies of his life as a mediator between the yeomanry and the elite. Best of all, Mr. Mayer helps us understand the significance of Henry’s enduring image.” –The New York Times Book Review…
The Siege
by Ismail KadareWinner of the inaugural 2005 Man Booker International Prize, Ismail Kadare’s The Siege is an absorbing, timeless, psychological study into human cunning, battlefield strategy,…
