Continuing with my Revolutionary War theme — I’d heard about this book for a long time, and even though I wasn’t the biggest fan of McCullough’s 1776 (it was a little dry for me), I decided to try this one because it was supposed to be more character-driven. It was certainly that, although in a ...
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Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
I got this one on one of Audible’s Daily Deals — it wasn’t something I otherwise would have searched for, as I don’t even know where to begin when listening to history. But it was fantastic—if often sad. The reality of royalty is definitely not like the fairy tales.
The story begins when Queen ...
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Review of Light Falls: Space, Time, and An Obsession of Einstein
I generally don’t listen to non-fiction audiobooks, because I have a hard time absorbing the information. This book was an exception, mostly because it was on sale in Audible… but also because it was a dramatization of history more than anything else. Narrated by physicist Brian Greene (I’ve read ...
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