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

The Story of the Forest is a lively, thought-provoking and poignant exploration of diaspora and identity from the point of view of strong women

A hilarious, thought-provoking novel, narrated by a retired professor, delves into microaggressions, assimilation, and legacy of the Inquisition

Blasco de Castiglione is now a professional soldier, in love with Violante, a beautiful nun-to-be, and with the Donna Gabriella who has captured his heart

The themes of betrayal, friendship, intrigue, and justice start slowly but are brought more and more to the foreground as the hero’s journey of advances