The Sisterhood of Ravensbruck
The Sisterhood of Ravensbruck by Lynne Olson Have you ever bought or borrowed a book only to realize that you aren’t in the mood for it? It looked appealing in […]
The Light in the Ruins
The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian In the summer of 1955, Serafina Bettini, the only female detective in the Florence (Italy!)Police Department’s Homicide unit, is assigned the grisly […]
The Exiles Return
The Exiles Return by Elisabeth de Waal If the name Elisabeth de Waal sounds familiar, then you probably read her grandson Edmund de Waal’s book The Hare with Amber Eyes, […]
The Spies of Shilling Lane
The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan The Spies of Shilling Lane is another British World War II era novel from the author of the best-seller The Chilbury Ladies’ […]
The Sisters
The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell I think I have written about the Mitfords before, but I cannot discuss sister biographies without reference to […]
The Georgetown Set
The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington by Gregg Herken “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny […]
The Curse of Pietro Houdini
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller In the early days of the Allied invasion of Italy in WWII, 14-year-old orphan Massimo takes refuge in the Benedictine abbey […]
The Churchills in Love and War
The Churchills in Love and War by Mary S. Lovell From the time that war hero the Duke of Marlborough built Blenheim Palace in 1704, the Churchill family has occupied […]
People of the Book
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Books, the author of March and Year of Wonders, has written another inspired work of historical fiction. People of the Book is […]
Kingmaker
Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue by Sonia Purnell In her old age, she was the American ambassador to France and a confidant of Bill Clinton, […]
The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society
The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows GLPPS is a charming novel of 1946 London and Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. London based […]
Good Evening, Mrs. Craven
Good Evening, Mrs. Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes I am always looking for a good Bedside Table Book (BTB), so I was pleased that my pretty box from […]
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 […]
Clementine
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill by Sonia Purnell When you are married to a legend, you get short shrift in the great one’s biography. And if that legend […]
City of Thieves
City of Thieves by David Benioff At first glance, a novel about two young men who meet in Leningrad during the Nazi siege sounds unpromising. Russian novels (about or by) […]