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Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
April 5, 2021
The Sky Worshipers
F. M. Deemyad
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
There have been more than a few contenders for the title of “World Conqueror,” but eight hundred years after the fact, Genghis Khan’s claim to the title remains unmatched. Over …
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Literature
March 23, 2021
Prospects of a Woman
Wendy Voorsanger
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
When Elisabeth Parker and her husband leave Massachusetts and arrive in California to join her father, she quickly learns that her father is not who she thought he was. It’s …
Buddhist Studies
March 18, 2021
Yasodhara and the Buddha
Vanessa R. Sasson
Hosted by Luke Thompson
By combining the spirit of fiction with the fabulism of Indian mythology and in-depth academic research, Vanessa R. Sasson shares the evocative story of the Buddha from the perspective of …
Historical Fiction
March 12, 2021
Band of Sisters
Lauren Willig
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Kate Moran, a graduate of Smith College, has been making her living tutoring students in French when her college friend Emmie Van Alden appears out of the blue and talks …
Literature
February 16, 2021
The Lost Shtetl
A Novel
Max Gross
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Today I spoke with Max Gross about his book The Lost Shtetl (HarperCollins, 2020). Imagine a Jewish village hidden in the forests of Poland that somehow escapes the Holocaust. Eighty years …
German Studies
February 11, 2021
Berlin
Jason Lutes
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan
In his pathbreaking graphic novel, Berlin (Drawn and Quarterly, 2018), Jason Lutes creates a multifaceted exploration of urban life during the Weimar Republic. The book contains a variety of mostly fictional …
Historical Fiction
February 9, 2021
Vindicated
A Novel of Mary Shelley
Kathleen Williams Renk
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Mary Godwin Shelley had yet to reach her nineteenth birthday when she had the dream that gave rise to the classic Gothic horror tale Frankenstein. The daughter of a dissenting …
Literature
January 19, 2021
Song of the Sisters
Songs of Steppe and Forest 3
Five Directions Press
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Everywhere young Russian noblewoman Darya Sheremeteva turns, someone in her circle of family and friends reminds her that she exists to serve a single purpose: to marry a powerful man …
Historical Fiction
January 4, 2021
The Heiress
The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
Molly Greeley
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
The world created by Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice has established a place for itself in contemporary culture that few other novels can match, yet amid the countless spinoffs …
Historical Fiction
December 4, 2020
Bronte's Mistress
A Novel
Finola Austin
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
It seems likely that most of our listeners have at least heard of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and her sister Emily’s Wuthering Heights. Many also know that Charlotte and Emily …
Historical Fiction
November 4, 2020
Beyond the Ghetto Gates
Michelle Cameron
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
The intense interest in the horrors of World War II that has characterized the last few years has tended to overshadow other aspects of the long history of Jewish populations …
Historical Fiction
October 13, 2020
Atomic Love
Jennie Fields
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Inspired by Leona Woods, the only woman who worked on the Manhattan Project, Atomic Love (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020) tells the story of Rosalind Porter, a physicist recruited by …
Historical Fiction
October 6, 2020
Midnight Fire
P. K. Adams
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Most novels about the sixteenth century written in English take place in Italy, France, or England—with the occasional foray into Spain or Portugal. P. K. Adams’ Jagiellonian Mystery series is …
Historical Fiction
September 24, 2020
Estelle
Linda Stewart Henley
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Most people think of Edgar Degas as a French painter of ballerinas. But few have heard that his mother came from New Orleans or that he spent five months in …
Historical Fiction
August 26, 2020
The Woman before Wallis
A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal
Bryn Turnbull
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Most modern Americans can identify the names Wallace Simpson and Gloria Vanderbilt. But Simpson was not the first divorced American to win the heart of Great Britain’s future if short-reigned …
Historical Fiction
August 12, 2020
Road to Delano
John DeSimone
Hosted by G.P. Gottlieb
In John DeSimone's Road to Delano (Rare Bird Books, 2020), it's 1968, and Cesar Chavez is organizing the United Farm Workers to fight for decent working conditions and basic human …
Historical Fiction
August 6, 2020
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
Elsa Hart
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
Lady Cecily Kay has just returned to England when she encounters Sir Barnaby Mayne. It’s 1703, Queen Anne is on the throne, and London’s coffee houses are buzzing with discussions …
Historical Fiction
July 30, 2020
The Road to Gesualdo
Erika Rummel
Hosted by C. P. Lesley
The Italian Renaissance introduced—or reintroduced—many valuable concepts to society and culture, giving rise eventually to our modern world. But it was also a time of fierce political infighting, social inequality …
Historical Fiction
July 28, 2020
Into the Suffering City
A Novel of Baltimore
Bill LeFurgy
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
In Bill LeFurgy's Into the Suffering City: A Novel of Baltimore (High Kicker Books), Sarah Kennecott is a brilliant young doctor who cares deeply about justice for murder victims after …
Historical Fiction
July 2, 2020
Lethal Pursuit
Will Thomas
Hosted by Michael Morales
London, 1892. Private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn have been tasked by the Prime Minister to deliver a satchel to the Vatican. The satchel contains a document desperately …
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