Who doesn’t want to know more about female professional shoplifters operating at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 20th centuries?
Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants
Tag: history
Jane Austen at Home
Overall I enjoyed this book. While I didn’t agree with all of Worsley’s assertions, on the whole it does make me rethink another book I read about Austen.
The Mirror and the Light
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Hilary Mantel’s writing until she finally finished her trilogy and I was able to enjoy it again!
Jefferson’s Daughters
I wish we could have learned more about Sally’s daughter, Harriet, although I understand why that’s not possible.
Lady Macbeth
I was kind of underwhelmed by this book, but don’t put too much stock in my experience because I think I just wasn’t in the right mood for it.
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
I feel like I already knew a lot of the information that gets presented in this book, but I also learned a lot.
The Black Count
I found this book by Tom Reiss when it was on display at my local library for African-American history month (which just goes to show how long it took me to get around to reading it and then writing this blog post). I had never heard of it, although the cover informed me it had …
Radium Girls
I learned a lot about the radium girls from reading this book, but the argument that it would have worked better as historical fiction is valid.
We Were Eight Years in Power
This book has so much to offer. Read it, but don’t listen to the audiobook.
Dead Wake
Larson does an excellent job of building suspense, even when we all know the ending.