The Good People by Hannah Kent is a remarkable but deeply distressing novel set in 1820s rural Ireland.I think there's a lot of truth in the notion that those who suffer the most need to believe the most. Belief in a higher power can be not only a comfort but also the driving force that enables ...
The Marriage Portrait: History Demands a Body
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (the author of Hamnet) will transport you back to 1500s Renaissance Italy. A conglomerate of city states before the Italy that we know today existed. A glimmering, jewel-like land of churches and palazzos, royal courts and expansive gardens.But, we learn ...