More of a short story I didn’t realize that Balsamo was a real person: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Cagliostro Also the history of Madame du Barry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_du_Barry The book was short, or a long… Read more »
After reading the major works of Byron I went back and read Don Juan again as the most enjoyable and memorable of his works. I haven’t yet read any of… Read more »
This is an excellent history of the origins of American imperialism. I was a little misled about the cover and was expecting a big showdown or maybe even a little… Read more »
On the list to research and read. Referred from Lance Schachterle from WPI. https://www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/les
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_Dumas I enjoyed the book especially for the Dumas connections and rare book world. The plot is interesting and moves along well although I didn’t enjoy the denouement. “Too much… Read more »
by R Kent Newmeyer Bottom Line I think this book is written for lawyers. I was hoping for a lot more history and context of for Burr and there was… Read more »
This was a gift and much better than I expected. Basically the biography of Lev Nussimbaum, a rich Russian Jew who grew up in Baku before the Bolsheviks and as a… Read more »
This was on my nook from my daughter. Interesting start but geographically fanciful version of the Worcester area. I wasn’t sure what to expect but a book about mixed… Read more »
Recorded in a journal: Kafka The Trial 10/1/1986 Tao of Pooh 10/1/1986 Kafka The Castle 10/1/1986 Heinlin The Cat Who Walked Through Walls 1/1/1987 Camus The Stranger 2/1/1987 Gibson… Read more »
This isn’t a book but not sure what it really is at all but here’s some words: Captchalogue Sburb Fetch Modi Equip Sylladex Pesterchum