Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
Madame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson I have read almost all of Lynne Olson’s World War II era nonfiction books. Although I have my favorites, Citizens of London and […]
Those Angry Days
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson In Those Angry Days, Olson returns to the pre-WWII period of her earlier non-fiction book Troublesome Young […]
Empress of the Nile
Empress of the Nile by Lynne Olson I love Lynne Olson’s nonfiction books, Citizens of London, Those Angry Days, Madam Fourcade’s Secret War. Like Madam Fourcade, Olson’s latest book, Empress […]
Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi, The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang The daughter of a government worker, Empress Dowager Cixi was not an heir to the throne of China […]
Empire of Pain
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe If you read Keefe’s 2017 article in The New Yorker about the slippery Sackler family, then you must read his book about the […]
Emma Lathen
Emma Lathen Mystery Novels When allergies got the best of me earlier this month, I holed up for a few days with a dozen Emma Lathen mystery novels featuring amateur […]
Eighteen Acres
Eighteen Acres by Nicolle Wallace Crimes of a different nature are exposed in Nicolle Wallace’s novel, Eighteen Acres, White House staffers’ name for their place of employment. Wallace, a bona […]
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Recommended by my literary friend Laurel, this novel by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Noble Prize […]
Double Cross
Double Cross by Ben Macintyre Those wacky MI5 British intelligence offices are at it again in Ben Macintyre’s latest book Double Cross. Like his earlier novel Operation Mincemeat, Macintyre relays […]
Factory Man
Factory Man by Beth Macy Being a Bassett of Bassett furniture fame was a good gig for a lot of years. As long as you could stomach working for one […]