Historical fiction – Tate Street

Perhaps You’ve Been a Soldier, Too? (The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys, trans. Patricia Clancy and Simon Leys)

What kind of man would Napoleon have been forced to become had he escaped St. Helena and set off on a quest to regain his empire? [Read More]

May 11, 2015

Zelda the Great (Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler)

Therese Anne Fowler’s novel is a captivating and lilting view into the life of celebrated sweethearts of the Jazz Age, writers Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. [Read More]

March 30, 2015

Locks & Radio Waves (All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr)

Anthony Doerr's latest novel captures the experience of World War II in the lives of a blind French girl and an orphaned German soldier. [Read More]

March 16, 2015

Lady Interbellum (The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich)

Louise Erdrich's The Master Butchers Singing Club explores the complexities of immigration and identity in interwar North Dakota. [Read More]

February 9, 2015