Peter Brooks Norton
ISBN 978-0393079586
268 pages
$23.95
Reviewed by Michael Dirda, who reviews books for The Washington Post every Thursday. Visit his book discussion at washingtonpost.com/readingroom.
More than 40 years ago, Peter Brooks -- who now teaches at Princeton after a long career at Yale -- brought out a study of late 18th- and early 19th-... Continue Reading...
Geraldine Brooks Viking
ISBN 978-0670021048
306 pages
$26.95
Reviewed by Paul Chaat Smith, a curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and author of "Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong"
They say that in England, 100 miles is a long distance, and in America, 100 years is a long time. But what about when England met America?... Continue Reading...
Margaret George Viking
ISBN 978-0670022533
671 pages
$30
Reviewed by Diana Gabaldon, a writer of historical fiction, including "Outlander" and "The Exile"
This is a well-balanced book: It has two of everything.
I had two responses to the sight of it: 1) Who needs another book about Elizabeth Tudor? And 2) If it's by Margaret George, it's probably... Continue Reading...
Philip Kerr Marian Wood/Putnam
ISBN 978-0399157417
435 pages
$26.95
Reviewed by Patrick Anderson, who regularly reviews crime fiction for The Washington Post Book World
Bernie Gunther, the indomitable Berliner at the heart of this great series, is a man pummeled by history. As a young man, he survived the trench warfare of the Great War. In the 1920s he ... Continue Reading...
