The central idea of video being spliced from public cameras, using one person as a central figure without their knowledge, an interesting concept
Based on JQA’s diary which spanned an amazing seven decades – arguably the “most valuable historical and personal journal kept by any prominent American”
The story is readable, literary, the characters are well drawn and the mischief and mayhem which can gives small towns their unique characteristics are felt
The book broadens the moral scope of the protagonist, questioning his share of the collective guilt of institutionalized oppression against your own people
reluctant Israeli spy, Gabriel Allon, is joined by a world famous woman, this time though she is a violinist named Anna Rolfe, on his adventures
I’m taking that big leap into bloggerdom, I decided to change from Blogger to my own domain using WordPress. I have enjoyed writing this blog, conversing with people and the whole blogosphere immensely and I thank you all for it. Unfortunately I […]
The female characters are drawn very nicely, but the males seemed to be a bit flat . That’s too bad because Xerxes, Mordechai and Haman are fascinating
After all we were all sold an eReader based on the premise that books which carry no overhead of printer ink, paper, trucks, drivers, fuel etc. will be cheaper
The book is written in a way which the reader understands the socio-economic realities the Mongols lived in, as well as the brutality of how wealth was won.
In this biography, we meet Alexander Hamilton as a young boy in the Caribbean, a bastard son, soon an orphan, to a mother who has been jailed for adultery