In A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, Tuchman follows details of individuals' lives to paint a portrait of the 14th century. In The March of Folly, she tells four tales--the destruction of Troy, the fall of the Vatican, the loss of the American colonies, and the war in Vietnam--to illus...
ETA: please see message 27 below. This is a concise summary of my view:I am glad I read it, but I do believe it has too many problems to give it more stars. I am glad I learned about this French group of women - particularly since I live and spend time in France! I also appreciated that the French b...
A very enjoyable forensic type historical mystery set in England during the Georgian era. The plot runs along two parallel paths, one in London during the Gordon riots and the other in the countryside of West Sussex, with flashbacks to the Revolutionary War so there was a lot going on but it was al...
This is my first read of Jane Eyre (at 31 years!). I have been shunting it aside for the last decade and I finally read it, hooray! It is indeed a celebration because it is such an achievement. I found the language slightly difficult but I perservered. I found my eyes tend to skim over the very desc...
This was such a great book. My first real foray into the life of King Edward III and his mistress, Alice Perrers and it was quite enthralling. Campion does an excellent job of portraying the plight of a woman in the 14th century. Women had so very little choice of who they would marry. And then,...
As I said in one of my updates, I really liked this one. It did, as another review has noted, have a bit of a YA feel to it, but I think this also indicates that the author captured the voice of the adolescent Selene very well. I loved the detail of Roman life that permeated the book, from the polit...
According to the title of this book, there were three Grey sisters- Jane, Katherine and Mary- all of whom played an important role in Tudor history. According to the bulk of the narrative, there was Lady Jane Grey and two sisters who served as an epilogue to their elder sister’s tragedy. I don’t thi...
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