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Victorian London
Victorian London: The Life of a City, 1840 – 1870© 2013 Liza Picard504 pages As far as immersive English social histories go, I would heretofore have called Ian Mortimer the champion standing, but if Victorian London is any example, Liza … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged cities, history, Liza Picard, London, social history, Victorian
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His Majesty’s Dragon
His Majesty’s Dragon© 2006 Naomi Novik384 pages William Laurence’s career was all set: a ship of his own, a fair French prize in his sights, and fiance waiting for him at home. But then, in the hold of the French … Continue reading
A Visitor’s Guide to Jane Austen’s England
A Visitor’s Guide to Jane Austen’s England© 2014 Sue Wilkes224 pages Fancy a visit with Jane? Sue Wilkes has created here a light introduction to Austen’s society, the landed gentry of the mid-Georgian period. Although its approach reminds one of … Continue reading
The Blooding
Master of War: The Blooding© 2013 David Gilman512 pages Thomas Blackstone is a free man, a stonemason who learned his trade alongside his deaf-mute brother Richard. When Richard is accused of raping and killing a young woman, the price for … Continue reading
The Rebel Killer
The Rebel Killer© 2019 Paul Fraser Collard432 pages Jack Lark is a defeated man. Soul-scarred after the campaign in northern Italy, he came to the United States desiring nothing but to deliver a letter from a mortally wounded comrade to … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged American Civil War, historical fiction, Paul Fraser Collard
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The Fox from his Lair
The Fox from his LairOriginal pub. year unknown, Kindle edition © 2020220 pages In the wake of a disastrous training exercise, bodies are washing up on the shores of England. If intelligence from one of those bodies falls into German … Continue reading
Beyond Tenebrae
Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the West© 2019 Brad Birzer258 pages Most people, including myself until a few years ago, would describe humanism as a worldview championing the possibility of, and the need for, humans living moral, … Continue reading
Posted in Classics and Literary, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Brad Birzer, Christian humanism, Christianity, conservative
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Davita’s Harp
Davita’s Harp© 1985 Chaim Potok384 pages Are you a Jew? Ilana Davita Chandel gets that question a lot. It’s lobbed at her from Irish and Italian street toughs, and from inquisitive neighbors who see her swimming on the Sabbath. Is … Continue reading
Conspiracies and other stories that make us human
Early last week I read Brian Dunning’s Conspiracies Declassified: The Skeptoid Guide to the Truth Behind the Theories. I used to listen to Skeptoid over a decade ago, enjoying Dunning’s research into the facts behind popular theories and unsolved mysteries. … Continue reading