Looking Back on 2017
With over 900 posts (!!), A Writer of History now contains a lot of topics that have interested readers. During 2017, some posts stood out. The topics varied from WWI
February 20, 2020
With over 900 posts (!!), A Writer of History now contains a lot of topics that have interested readers. During 2017, some posts stood out. The topics varied from WWI
Those of us who live in the West know that North Korea is a brutal regime. But what is that world actually like? I read The Girl With Seven Names
Tuesday’s post included 21 of the 38 books read during 2019. Below are the remaining 17. And here’s the legend. LR = light, enjoyable read; GR = good, several caveats;
38 books in 2019! This is the sixth year I’ve created these summaries. As in previous years, I’ve used the following scheme in these brief notes on the books I’ve read.
The Toronto book club I’ve been attending for roughly twenty years discussed Delia Owens’s Where the Crawdads Sing recently. In advance, our moderator circulated a New Yorker magazine article about
I’ve had the privilege of reading Jeff Walker’s No Hero’s Welcome, the third in a trilogy featuring Irish men participating in WWI and beyond. It’s a superbly told story of
A Writer of History is NOT a book blog – however, I have written reviews from time to time on books I’ve chosen to read or books selected by one
Historical fiction author Elaine Cougler turns her talents to a book about Ron Calhoun — the man behind the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope and other successful cross-Canada runs. In
On Tuesday, I shared the books on my bedside table. Today, I thought I’d show you my husband’s pile. It’s rather large 🙂 The first thing you’ll notice is that
Do the books beside your bed beckon or taunt? Do they make you feel guilty or make you crave the time required to dip into their pages? Five books and
The historical fiction author behind A Writer of History...
