Ken Follett’s “The Evening and the Morning” and the Pleasure (and Peril) of Repetition

Ken Follett’s “A Column of Fire” and the Emotional Thrill of Historical Fiction

TV Review: “The Crown: The Hereditary Principle” (S4, Ep. 7)

TV Review: “The Crown: Terra Nullius” (S4, Ep. 6)

Book Review: “The Forgotten Kingdom” (by Signe Pike)

TV Review: “The Crown: 48:1” (S4, Ep. 8)

One of the through-lines of the fourth season of The Crown has been the intense conflict…

Book Review: “And They Called it Camelot: A Novel of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis” (by Stephanie Marie Thornton)

TV Review: “The Crown: Avalanche” (S4, Ep. 9)

We come at last to the penultimate episode of this season, and things are…

Book Review: “The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom” (by…

Book Review: “The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt” (by C.W. Gortner)