Michael Finn's Blog – July 2011 Archive (4)
Victorian Ghost Stories
Excellent selection of 35 ghost stories from the Victorian age, chronologically compiled here dating from 1852-1908. The stories included have been selected as much for aspects of innovation or for the part they played in influencing stylistic developments within the genre than their actual quality. Though there are some great ghost stories here and… Continue
Added by Michael Finn on July 25, 2011 at 3:36pm — No Comments
Little Manfred
In the Imperial War Museum there is a wooden Dachshund. It was carved by a German prisoner of war in the 1940s. This is its story. Well almost. It's a story that captures the spirit of the true story though.In the summer of 1966, just after England's famous footballing victory against the Germans in the World… Continue
Added by Michael Finn on July 24, 2011 at 1:32pm — No Comments
Ats of Nature
This is the 5th book featuring Max Freeman. An ex Philadelphia cop who has retired to a remote cabin in the Florida Everglades. Over the last 4 books Max has been getting his life back together after a fateful night when he shot a 12 year old kid at a convenience store hold-up and was badly injured himself. No longer on the force, he spends his days in solitude at his cabin or… Continue
Added by Michael Finn on July 22, 2011 at 1:51pm — No Comments
Cleopatra: A Life
In 2000 Stacy Schiff won a Pulitzer for her biography of Vera Nabokov, wife of Author Vladimir Nabokov. In this biography she casts her researching skills a little further back in time and tries to pierce the glare and… Continue
Added by Michael Finn on July 9, 2011 at 8:18pm — No Comments
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