Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Michael Schiavo

A fascinating look into the creation of the dictionary to which all others are compared. Winchester's tome is slight but contains elements of history, true crime, and romance (at least the platonic kind). He paints vivid portraits of James Murray (the professor), the lead editor of the OED and Dr. W.C. Minor (the madman), an American expatriate in England and a Civil War veteran who did more than an... read more>>>

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Reviewed By... Louise Jones

Few women in French history have influenced literature, politics, and social discourse as Germaine de Stael, who counted Byron, Goethe, and William Pitt among her friends - and Napoleon among her enemies. In her new book, Sergine Dixon, using her subject's letters, journals, novels and political writings, brings this brilliant, passionate woman and her era to life. As a novelist and friend of intellectuals, G... read more>>>

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Reviewed By... Karen Frank

Of the three Hardy biographies I have attempted, this is the only one I finished! Clear and informative, yet lyrical and sensitive, Claire Tomalin often writes from the author's personal point of view and manages to convey some of the physical and atmospheric texture of the time and place of Hardy's "Wessex", while shedding light on the day to day transfer of life to art that produces such rich literature.