by Marie Benedict, 2025, Audiobook narrated by Bessie Carter, Macmillan Audio The book is a form of historical fiction where the author uses the character of an historical figure and uses the character in a reconstructed situation. I ordinarily don’t … Continue reading →
by Geraldine Brooks, 2024, Penguin Books This is an interesting and well-written novel about a thoroughbred horse called Lexington who lived in the middle of the nineteenth century. Brooks based the book on a the horse that was declared the … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, 2023, Audiobook narrated by John Lee, Penguin Audio This is the fifth in the Kingsbridge series that chronicles the lives of the inhabitants of the fictional town of Kingsbridge in England. This book covers the years from … Continue reading →
by Phillip Roth, 2004, Kindle Edition, Mariner Books This fictional book hinges on the 1940 presidential election when Charles Lindberg is elected president instead of FDR. Lindberg enters into an agreement with Hitler that the U.S. will not intervene in … Continue reading →
by Phillip Kerr, 2009, A Bernie Gunther mystery book 4, Kindle Edition, Penguin Publishing Group, G.P. Putnam’s Sons imprint This is the first book that I have read by Phillip Kerr, although it is the fourth book he wrote in … Continue reading →
by Kate Quinn, 2022, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio This is an historical novel portraying Mila Pavlichenko, a Russian librarian who decided to become an expert marksman and was subsequently recruited to be a sharpshooter in the Russian … Continue reading →
by Ken Follett, 2020, Audiobook narrated by Ken Lee, Penguin Audio This book is the prequel to Pillars of the Earth and is the story of Edgar the Builder and his early life before he became the builder of a … Continue reading →
by Kate Quinn, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, Harper Audio We listened to this audiobook on our way from Rhode Island to Florida this year. It is an interesting story about three young women who were recruited during WWII … Continue reading →
by Isabelle Allende, 2021, Audiobook narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Random House Audio We listened to this book as we traveled north to our summer home this year. The novel spans decades and crosses continents following two young people as they … Continue reading →
by Marie Benedict, 2019, Sourcebooks Landmark This is a novel about Hedy Lamarr and how she came to invent a method to transmit directions to torpedoes in WWII. I enjoyed reading this because it was written in the first person. … Continue reading →