Customer Review: David Hackett Fischer lays in relief one of the worlds great explorer colonizers in his new book 'Champlain's Dream'. Born around 1570 and dying on Dec. 25 1635, Champlain would set his sights on adventure in the New World and he never looked back. Fischer reveals that Champlain had a grand vision... more info
Customer Review: I loved this book! With every page I really felt for Marie Antoinette and realized what a brave woman she was - so very different from the popular view of the silly girl skipping about in a shepherdess dress. Antonia Fraser showed so clearly the development of Antoinette's character - how she grew... more info
Customer Review: Being Canadian, Kenneth Whyte's depiction of the Great Publisher is non-biased, and as he states, attempts to simplify and clarify previous biographies of Hearst's early career. With a vastly entertaining writing style, Whyte immerses the reader into an era that is difficult to fathom in today's... more info
Customer Review: The author of The Golden Spruce, John Vaillant, is the best modern writer that I have read
in years. This book is so good that I don't just recommend it to friends; I buy copies and
send them. I am up to copy #16.
Customer Review: By tracing the careers of two French artists in the 1860s, King manages to illuminate the motivating forces behind, and the sources beneath, transition at a crucial point in the evolution of art in the West. Almost every page is filled with information and analysis that fascinates the reader. Yet... more info
Customer Review: This book was a good factual read on Louis XIV. Anyone with an interest in Louis (or just the era) will enjoy this book. I found no factual errors.
Customer Review: During the English Civil war, Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple conducted their courtship via letter; their families on opposite sides of the of the conflict. Many of Dorthy's letters had been saved by Temple, enough so that he had "enough to load a horse", but over the years, many were lost.... more info
Customer Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book for its exotic locale and irreverent description of the author's own family. In fact, it made me laugh out loud in places.
Customer Review: One of the best books I have ever read. Well worth it, not overally detailed yet the reader understands clearly what these two boys were up against. Highly recommend
Customer Review: Disguised as a union soldier, Emma would risk her life for her country. Emma Edmonds was born in Saint John, Canada in 1840. When she was sixteen years old she ran away to the United States. When she was twenty one, President Lincoln made a request for seventy five thousand men to volunteer for the... more info
