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The Song of Roland
(La Chanson de Roland) anonymous (Turold?) late 11th century (The mightiest and noblest of Charlemagne’s crusading knights is betrayed, but his companions stand fiercely by him as the Saracens attack.) The year is 778. The brave knight Roland and his army, led by eleven of the noblest warriors in Christendom, watch in horror as an […]
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy 1905 (A master of disguise rescues French aristocrats from the guillotine and drops them safely into London society—until a sly French inspector tracks him down.) Don’t let the title’s reference to a dainty flower and the femininity of the author fool you. This is no Austen or Brontë novel. It is a hearty […]
The Right Stuff
May 27, 2014 / Leave a comment
Tom Wolfe 1979 (Seven pilots scale the ziggurat of manliness on the quest to be America’s space heroes.) Tom Wolfe probably awoke one morning and thought to himself, wouldn’t it be great if reading about current events were as fun as reading novels? And with as simple an idea as that, he kicked off the movement […]
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