Literary
Beginning with Cannonballs
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In Knoxville, Tennessee, in the mid-South in 1951, Hanna and Gail grow up as near twins in a middle class household. That is, they ...Read Review
Lord of All the Dead
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Lord of All the Dead is a curious book. Labeled as a “nonfiction novel,” it opens with the enigmatic sentence, “His name was ...Read Review
The Unsuitable
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This novel is a well-written page turner that makes up for a somewhat dismal plot line with a deep-dive character study and nice ...Read Review
Artist on Campaign
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In 1809, London artist Ralph Oughtred has no interest in war until he is given a commission by the British Horse Guards to paint ...Read Review
Out of Darkness, Shining Light
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This book covers the death of David Livingstone, and the way in which his body was transported, from where he died at Chitambo ...Read Review
Slick Filth: A Story of Robert Walpole and Henry Giffard, to Which is Appended the Farce of The Golden Rump
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The impetus for the 1737 Licensing Act that severely censored the London stage was The Golden Rump, a play said to be so outrageously ...Read Review
Keep Saying Their Names
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H for Hirsch, H for hope, H for Henry Oliver Rinnan. Simon Stranger’s award-winning historical novel weaves an achingly poignant tale of ...Read Review
The Everlasting
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Andiamo a Roma! We’ll visit the Eternal City four times in Katy Simpson Smith’s brilliant new novel The Everlasting, set in ...Read Review
The Book of Science and Antiquities
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Award-winning documentary filmmaker Shelby Apple is approaching the end of his days after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2015. As he contemplates his ...Read Review
His Most Italian City
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Trieste is the city in question, but the smaller Adriatic city of Cittanova also figures prominently in this 1928-set historical novel. Mussolini wants ...Read Review
