William Thornton
Wave of Terror
Like much of what went on in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist years, Wave of Terror is a…
Mark’s Story: The Gospel According to Peter (The Jesus Chronicles, Book Two)
Much like this series’ first book, John’s Story, this novel from the authors of the Left Behind series has many…
Out of the Storm: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther
It is a testament to the enduring legacy of Martin Luther than biographies of this 500-year-old figure continue to…
The Betrayal Game
Robbins’s Professor Mikhal Lammeck travels to Cuba in 1961 at the opening of this novel by the author of The…
Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel
Edmund White uses the life of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, to present this interesting novel-within-a-novel.…
The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj
There was a time when the mention of India, and specifically England’s administration of the Subcontinent, was a matter of…
Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won One War and Began Another
It took a global cataclysm to put Winston Churchill on the same side of the table as Joseph Stalin, and…
The Historical Epic And Contemporary Hollywood: From Dances With Wolves to Gladiator
This book, by a British film studies lecturer, tries to accomplish many things in its examination of the contemporary epic…
The Air We Breathe
The First World War looms in the background of this intimate novel, which borrows slightly in themes and setting from…
Confrontation At Lepanto: Christendom vs. Islam
Had Lepanto taken place on land instead of at sea, Hopkins argues, its name would be much more enduring in…
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