Posted in History, books on March 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Devil in the White City, by Eric Larson
Well, I didn’t care much for this book, either the premise or the writing. Not that he’s a bad writer, I just hated the coy way he kept alluding to evil or disasters to come, “only Poe could have thought up the rest”, stuff like that. It [...]
Posted in History, books on August 25, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Now I’m reading about the Dreyfus affair, which is the fourth section of The Proud Tower. Of course, I’ve heard of Dreyfus and I know Zola was involved and wrote J’accuse in response and that there was anti-semitism involved, but that was pretty much all I knew about it. The way it polarized the country [...]
Posted in History, books on August 24, 2005 | 2 Comments »
I can’t believe I never read anything by Barbara Tuchman before this. Coming from a family of history majors who have all read all of her books many times over, it seems strange. I guess I was too busy reading Jane Austen! In any case, I am enjoying The Proud Tower. The first section, entitled [...]
