Monthly Archives: March 2014

Marie Vassilitchikov, “Berlin Diaries 1940-1945”

Posted on March 25, 2014 by carolwallace

I cast around rather wildly to find background reading for a recent week in Berlin. Friends loaned or gave us novels, guidebooks, recommendations. Beloved Husband settled on a massive history of Prussia called The Iron Kingdom and I spent a … Continue reading →

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Sarah Dunant, “Blood and Beauty”

Posted on March 8, 2014 by carolwallace

Actually the full title is Blood and Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel. And there’s so much punctuation in that title that I didn’t dare continue the sentence lest we all be terminally confused. Granted, the titles are not the strongest … Continue reading →

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Anne de Courcy, “The Fishing Fleet”

Posted on March 3, 2014 by carolwallace

Do you know what “The Fishing Fleet” was? We’re not talking about sou’westers and cod here. Beginning in the early nineteenth century, young Englishwomen who had trouble finding husbands at home often traveled to India in search of an eligible … Continue reading →

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