The Splendid and the Vile

Ronald Kidd - July 24, 2020

Something New

Beginning this month, I’ll be sending occasional short, themed newsletters to supplement my monthly newsletter, which will continue with its same format. The short newsletters will include:

Notes from the Pandemic
Capsule Reviews: Books, movies, TV, music
Blog: Profiles and reflections

Capsule Reviews

The Splendid and the Vile:
A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson

I am hooked on Erik Larson. From the first time I read one of his books—
The Devil in the White City, about Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition and a serial killer who roamed its grounds—I have been mesmerized by these works of history that pose as novels.

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Lord of the Mountain
The “big bang” of country music in 1927 at Bristol, Tennessee.
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Room of Shadows
Edgar Allan Poe returns and gets the glorious death he deserved.
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