Lucy has the best job in England. She is curator for the Historic Royal Palaces, which means she has access to some of the coolest artifacts in the UK. She began her career by studying history, then becoming an inspector of historic homes for English Heritage. In addition to her impressive academic resume, she…
REVIEW: BLOOD ROYAL by Eric Jager
Centered around the brutal and shocking assassination of the Duke of Orleans, brother to the King of France.Returned home one night, he was set upon by a gang of mounted ruffians who bashed in his skull and left him for dead on the cobblestone street of Rue Vieille du Temple. Jager’s retelling of the incident…
COMING IN APRIL – New Titles to Watch For
Spring showers mean rainy days ahead … which means more time for reading. Here are some new books coming out this April. And where better to start than April in Paris… LOVERS AT THE CHAMELEON CLUB, PARIS 1932 By Francine Prose The author begins by telling the reader she was inspired by a particular…
REVIEW: CARELESS PEOPLE by Sarah Churchwell
This is a must-read for any Gatsby enthusiast, English lit student, or lover of the Jazz Age. Churchwell carefully pieces together very specific events in the Fitzgeralds’ lives and relates them to Scott’s most famous work, The Great Gatsby. These are not wild hunches or bizarre theories. She draws from scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, letters from friends,…
ACCENT: NOSTRADAMUS by Stephane Gerson
The turn of a new year is as good a time as any to revisit our plans and perhaps read a horoscope or two. For some people these predictions are literal. Others find it to be an amusement but nothing more. This book asserts nothing about Nostradamus’s ability or even prognosticators in general. Instead, Gerson…