Based on a true story, Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz tells the story of Lale, who in 1942, traveled from Slovakia to Prague (now in the separate Czech Republic) and then with several hundred other Jews found himself being transported a month later…
Occasionally, I review in brief short works or books that have been reviewed hundreds or literally thousands of times. In this segment, below, are reviews of what has become known as summaries of books. These summaries are not a condensed version of the actual book…
Like his other five books in the Tudor series, C.J. Sanson’s Lamentation is an enthralling, if not long, work of historical fiction.You have Queen Katherine Parr, the king, the court, Matthew Shardlake attorney, and a host of others. The book Lamentation of a Sinner, written…
C.J. Sampson came up with a good series, at least as far as I have gotten so far. Dissolution is a mystery set during the reign of King Henry VIII. It is a dark time, a time when no one is safe. Anne Boleyn has…
Sarum in Salisbury, England is not for the faint of heart. One of the hard back editions has 912 pages. I listened to it through Audible—45+ hours—of pure enjoyment, and that is hard to say about any book that is 500+ pages. The reader…
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