"Claude and Madeleine" packs a lot in terms of drama, excitement, and derring do. It is centered on two people - Claude Peri and Madeleine Bayard - who meet in French Indochina in 1936 and fall deeply in love. Claude was close to 30 and had been born and raised in Hanoi. Aside from a stint in the Fr...
I ran across this book while browsing through a Barnes and Noble where Sheila was signing her latest book. I ordered it when we returned along with several others by Marriott, an excellent sociologist/anthropologist. The bull shark, notorious for its aggressive behavior and a fearsome appetite, ...