In the Mail: The Popes of Avignon
The Popes of Avignon: A Century in Exile Library Journal Mullins, an Oxford-educated journalist and visual arts and architecture specialist, spans the intriguin...
Tag: History
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life by Marshall Frady
History is indeed messy, and prophets and heroes are rarely simple, but in the hands of skilled writers and thinkers this only makes the past more interesting. ...
In the Mail: Nella Last in the 1950's
Nella Last in the 1950s: The Further Diaries of Housewife, 49 From the Publisher: “I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person, le...
William F. Buckley (Christian Encounters) by Jeremy Lott
William F. Buckley (Christian Encounters Series) Two things drew me to this short bio of William F. Buckley: the author Jeremy Lott is someone whose writings I ...
In the Mail: Lion of Liberty
Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation by Harlow Giles Unger Library Journal In this engaging popular biography, Unger (The Last Founding F...
In the Mail: Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt
Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt: The Rivalry That Divided America by James Duffy Synopsis Was aviation pioneer and popular American hero Charles A. Lindbergh a Nazi sym...