Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who enjoy history, however, are blessed with the ability to reread it. The iron is hot in the forge of historical fiction these days. There are scandalous queens, royal enmity, upstart young women, Shakespeare in love, and so much more coming out […]
The Oscars are all about the movies, but it’s usually a good night for book lovers too. This year, for example, four of the nine nominees for Best Picture are adaptations of books—The Wolf of Wall Street, 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips (A Captain’s Duty), and Philomena (The Lost Child of Philomena Lee). Of course, it […]