Great Expectations is a very old book and is not, strictly speaking, historical fiction. But it’s a classic, and it has a character named Pumblechook in it, and I’ll write about classics with characters named Pumblechook if I want to. Besides that, I decided it wouldn’t hurt to read how a classic author like Charles […]
Tag: Pamela Newkirk
Review of The Premonitions, a Pandemic Story
The Premonitions is Michael Lewis’s follow-up to his recent book The Fifth Risk. In fact, one might say that The Fifth Risk required that Lewis write The Premonitions. He wrote The Fifth Risk because he realized that one of the US government’s great tasks was to mitigate the risks of major disasters. Disasters like food […]
Review of Spectacle: The Life of Ota Benga
The book Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga is a history book that appeared in 2015. The author is Pamela Newkirk. Like another recent book I reviewed, King Leopold’s Ghost, it is a popular history about a very interesting historical figure. I’ve been reading about the Congo for a new book I’m writing, and […]