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Continuing in my quest to read about important battles, I read Agincourt by Juliet Barker. It is a superb read with excellent background information and good descriptions of the Agincourt Campaign. Barker essentially breaks her book into three parts: The Road to Agincourt, The Agincourt Campaign, and The Aftermath of the Battle. Obviously, the major [...]

I am not an expert on George Saunders nor am I particularly knowledgeable about short story writers. But, as readers of this site know well, that has never stopped me from pontificating about anything. My previous exposure to Mr. Saunders came through the enjoyable children’s book The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip and a few [...]