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About: Circle of Days by Ken Follett reimagines how the building of Stonehenge happened. Mr. Follett has written over 35 books, and sold millions of copies in 40 languages around the world. My rating for Circle of Days – 3Buy Circle of Days from Amazon.com*More […]
This novel was both hilarious and grim. The irony against forms of bureaucracy that claim authority over the people is what makes this a great anti-war novels
I thought the writing was good and the characters were interesting. The research into the space program was decent, I just wish there was more of it
A Bookseller in Madrid has a ton of great information about Spanish politics and geopolitics of the time, an angle I haven’t read about before
The Mademoiselle Alliance tells of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was a fierce leader of thousands of people. An intelligent, cunning, and resourceful person
Captain Wolfe Bowen receives a call to come check outa captured German U-Boat with two Japanese civilians on it. is carrying uranium
The contrast between the romanticized ideals which he was taught, and the experience of a country torn by a civil war an interesting aspect of the book
While the book started slowly, I thought the insights into life at Theresienstadt were well written, and the character studies were very interesting
I enjoyed the nuances of Shakespeare, making him a real character, a struggling playwright and actor. I found the author’s historical research to be excellent
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey depicts the harsh life in the Alaskan frontier, but also the an homage to the enormous and stunning wilderness
