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Category Archives: Non-Fiction
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Like many others, I had always been taught from schooldays that it was the sinking of the Lusitania that propelled America into the First World War. The author, with his rendition of the developments described in “Dead Wake”, seems to … Continue reading
More Was Lost
Eleanor Stone, an American, meets a young Hungarian baron (educated at Oxford) while travelling in Europe and marries at the tender age of nineteen. She goes to live on his estate in Ruthenia near the Carpathian mountains. “More Was Lost”, … Continue reading
1776 by David McCullough
David McCullough never disappoints! His research is impeccable and his writing makes history come alive. It was fascinating to read this one year overview and realize that American almost did *not* last as a new nation. How much we owe … Continue reading
Country Girls Read 