2008
After the Train
In the summer of 1955, thirteen-year-old Peter Liebig is excited about helping his father, an architect, rebuild the bombed-out church…
Rocamora
In the Spain of Felipe IV, Vicente de Rocamora writes love poetry, hears royal confessions, learns the art of…
A Mercy
In the late 17th century, slavery was in its infancy, as was the sugarcane industry. Morrison’s prose is confident…
The Heretic’s Daughter
The year is 1692, two hundred years after Columbus discovered America, and the developing country has degenerated into an enclosed,…
The Westminster Poisoner
Setting The Westminster Poisoner during the festivities of Christmas and Twelfth Night of 1663-1664 gives Gregory ample opportunity to…
“They Have Killed Papa Dead!”: The Road to Ford’s Theatre, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the noted actor John Wilkes Booth served as an appropriately murderous conclusion to the…
The Last Days of the Romanovs
On 17 July 1918, in Ekaterinburg, Bolsheviks brutally murdered Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children: Olga, Tatiana,…
The Road to Bosworth Field
The Wars of the Roses always confused me. So many people, with so many variations of their names, all killing…
Kiyo’s Story: A Memoir
“Last year, my winning essay, ‘What America Means to Me,’ placed in our school’s finals. This year I am branded…
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age
For American readers, the phrase “lost generation” conjures up the names Hemingway and Fitzgerald and other arty types who spent…
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