https://youtu.be/kwXfu_iDL3I When I picked up Jane Yolen's Briar Rose, I did not fully realize how hard it hits. I knew I'd wanted to read this book for a long time, but I'd all but forgotten the conceit at its core--rather than your run of the mill retelling of Sleeping Beauty, Briar Rose frames the centuries-old... Continue Reading →
Has another event in European history affected the age we live in as much as the French Revolution? Hasn't every political debate, every crisis of our time been directly shaped by blood spilled and lines drawn in the sand throughout the events that unfolded in those first months, years and decades following 1789? Left and... Continue Reading →
Hullo, friends, frenemies and followers! I've been meaning to post a lot more here -- obviously without much tangible result, so from this point onward I'll be going with the wonderful slogan of #EverythingIsContent! Shocker, I know. Today's content: the gigantic historical novel that is William L. Shirer's masterpiece, the best known history of Nazi... Continue Reading →
