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Marie Antoinette: The Journey

An Empathetic Look Into a Misunderstood Monarch Author: Antonia Fraser Historically, Marie Antoinette is known as a vicious, yet fashionable queen, with her two-foot-high powdered pouf and miniature recreated village in the Trianon. Famous for stating “let them eat cake” when confronted with the poverty and starvation of French peasants, she was also known for her perversions and anti-France political machinations. But was Marie Antoinette as evil and extravagant as history has painted her, or was she in truth the victim of propaganda and discrimination? Antonia Fraser takes on Marie Antoinette’s life, from infancy to her execution, in this 500+ [...]

2024-07-27T13:47:52-07:00July 27th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Road to Valor

A True Sporting Hero... Authors:  Aili and Andres McConnon Sports hero biographies are almost as commonplace as reality TV shows.  But occasionally one can find a sports story about a hero in the truest sense of the word; someone who does more than just catch a football or swing a bat better than others.  Road to Valor is such a tale, revealing the life story  of Gino Bartali, two time Tour de France champion  and Italian war hero. Twenty men have won two or more of the 99 editions of the Tour, but Bartali holds the distinction of the longest [...]

2016-12-31T17:56:51-07:00September 1st, 2012|Tags: , , , |

Thomas Jefferson

Man of Many Dichotomies... Author: Christopher Hitchens He’s one of the most important people in the history of the United States and lived to the ripe old age of 83.  How do you write a petite 188 page biography of the man that is meaningful and avoids superficiality?  Concision is the word you’re looking for and Christopher Hitchens displays his mastery of the concept in Thomas Jefferson (2005). Part of the Eminent Lives series, Hitchens tells the story of the 3rd US president, focusing primarily on his political life.  He discusses Jefferson’s role as US Minister to France and Secretary [...]

2016-12-31T17:57:13-07:00June 9th, 2012|Tags: , , , , |
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