Tag Archives: Historical
Napoleon’s Exile
by Patrick Rambaud“Enfeebled, sick, dispirited, abandoned, the ruler only becomes more fascinating. The epoch is no more, but the intimate Napoleon replaces it. No hagiography or…
My Life and Loves
by Frank Harris“Extraordinary entertainment. . . . We are given a scope of significant experience on a history-making level that is like nothing else conceived during…
Mr. Darwin’s Shooter
by Roger McDonald“Earthy, economical prose . . . wisdom and subtle understanding . . . Evolution, as Mr. Darwin’s Shooter demonstrates, is driven by forces more…
The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner
by Tim Flannery“Lively . . . exciting . . . Nicol has made a lasting place for himself in the literature of the sea and ships…
Jam on the Vine
by LaShonda BarnettAn explosive debut novel that chronicles the life of a trailblazing African American woman journalist through the start of the twentieth century.
The Giant of the French Revolution
by David LawdayThe Giant of the French Revolution tells the story of George-Jacques Danton—visionary leader and tragic hero—in a work The Economist called “a gripping story,…
The Falcon of Palermo
by Maria R. Bordihn“Bordihn’s scrupulously researched debut brims with drama, passion and personalities ranging from the scandalous to the sublime. . . . Bordihn renders vivid descriptions…
Exposure
by Helen Dunmore“Much like a slick, shape-shifting spook, Exposure is many things at once–an espionage thriller, a forbidden-love story, an immigrant’s tale—and it assumes these varied…
