The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak, 2005, Alfred A. Knopf, New York Very interesting book about a German family in WWII. The narrator of the book is Death and he has a sense of humor and a personality. This approach reminds me a … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Historical Novel
Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett, 1989 This is an interesting book, and a quick read, about the building of a cathedral in medieval England. It is well researched and provided a lot of insight regarding how life was in those times. Follet was … Continue reading →
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy, Translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Wow! This one took me over four months to read. I wasn’t sure whether I would ever get through it. The issue wasn’t that it was so long; … Continue reading →
The Rising Tide, a Novel of World War II
by Jeff Shaara, 2006 This book wasn’t as good as I expected as it didn’t hold my attention, especially in the first part of the book. I expected a bit more suspense as in the case of his father’s book … Continue reading →
Suite Française
by Irene Nemirovsky, 2006 Although this translation of Suite Française was published in 2006, the book was orginally written by Nemirovsky in 1941 and 1942, just prior to her deportation to Birkenau and extermination. The book is the first two parts … Continue reading →
Flashman
by George MacDonald Fraser, 1969 This book is a very interesting account of the adventures of a scoundrel in the British army who ends up participating in many fascinating historical events. This is the first of the series and it … Continue reading →
The March: A Novel
by E.L. Doctorow, 2006 This book disppointed me a great deal. I looked forward to reading a good historical novel on the Civil War and the subject of Sherman’s march to the sea interested me a great deal. The characters … Continue reading →
Something in the Water
by Peter Scott, 2000, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine I picked this book up at a bookstore in Camden when we were visiting there a couple of weeks ago. The subject, having to do with WWII U-Boats lurking … Continue reading →
One Thousand White Women
The Journals of May Dodd: A Novel, by Jim Fergus The use of fictional diary extracts makes the book read as non-fiction, and, most of the time the reader is tricked into believing that the account is not fictional. The … Continue reading →
The Darwin Conspiracy
by John Darnton This book was interesting to me because I didn’t know much about the life of Charles Darwin and it provided many insights to not only his life, but the lives of his contemporaries and his family members. … Continue reading →