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| It's official: I'm addicted to Charles Finch's delightful Victorian mysteries featuring the very noble, in every sense of the word, Charles Lenox. In this outing, Lenox faces a tangle of intrigue as he investigates what lies behind the almost simul...more | |
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| I approach an Edward Rutherfurd opus with a bit of trepidation, knowing as I do that so engrossing a storyteller writing on such an epic scale will compel my time and attention regardless of what else beckons. As a native New Yorker, I anticipated f...more | |
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| I read this eerie tale while ensconced in front of a roaring fire, a good thing since Goolrick's fiction debut vividly evokes the bone deep chill of a Wisconsin winter. Seeped in sensuality--repressed and otherwise--and with a fine Gothic sensibilit...more | |
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| Nothing short of spellbinding, this retelling of the classic tale of Samson and Delilah at once upends the traditional story while immensely enriching and deepening it. Edghill beautifully captures the clash of ancient kingdoms through what is at he...more | |
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| An intriguing premise plays well with fascinating characters, including some drawn straight from history, and an unorthodox narrative form to create a compelling read. Flaming's debut novel reveals an author confident enough in his skills--justly so...more | |
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| Some authors make the bestseller lists; some win Nobel prizes; only a precious few are eternalized in the language itself. Machiavelli earned his place in our consciousness and our vocabulary with a single work, “The Prince”, at once a shocking, riv...more | |
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| The companion work to her superb “Lucrezia Borgia”, Bradford’s exploration of the life of Lucrezia’s highly controversial brother offers an insightful look into the world of late 15th century/early 16th century Rome and Europe in general. Born the i...more | |
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| Part of my fascination with the Renaissance stems from the extraordinary alignment of beauty and corruption that characterizes the period. Just as some of the most magnificent prose in the English language was written in the highly repressive “polic...more | |
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| I’ve been a fan of Rutherfurd’s since reading his debut novel, “Sarum”. “London” remains my favorite, possibly because of my great fondness for that city but also because of the bang-up job Rutherfurd does bringing it to life. He starts at the begi...more | |
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| Long vilified as a murderess, conspirator and partner to incest, Lucrezia Borgia was overdue for a reappraisal by a serious historian able to blast past the stereotypes. Sarah Bradford does exactly that by dint of meticulous research revealing the f...more | |
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