Monthly Archives: November 2020

Book Review: Crowner Royal

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Crowner Royal (Crowner John), by Bernard Knight This particular book finds Crowner John being brought from his beloved Exeter, where his estranged wife has threatened to take orders, to serve as the first royal coroner for the English court at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Plague Of Heretics

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Plague Of Heretics (Crowner John), by Bernard Knight Reading this book reminded me of why I liked the Brother Cadfael novels so much more. This particular series appears based in large part on the success of the Brother Cadfael … Continue reading →

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The Korinthidon Pre-Cognition Team: Part Two

Posted on November 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

Meanwhile, on the island of Maddon, there was an upset tea plantation owner. In his own eyes, he was doing everything he could do to grow tea to sell for the imperial capital market. This should not, in theory, be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Ideal Of Culture

Posted on November 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Ideal Of Culture: Essays, by Joseph Epstein I must admit that I did not know anything about the author before reading this book. Sometimes that can be dangerous, but in this case the result of reading this book was … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Writer And The World

Posted on November 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Writer And The World, by V.S. Naipaul This is not a bad collection of essays. To be sure, this book is not as good as it thinks it is, but this a common problem. Naipaul as a writer is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Be Alone

Posted on November 23, 2020 by nathanalbright

How To Be Alone: Essays, by Jonathan Franzen One of the reasons why so much of contemporary fiction is metafictional, not that this is necessarily a bad thing, is that so many writers of fiction are so heavily consumed with … Continue reading →

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Core Curriculum: Dan Fogelberg

Posted on November 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

Dan Fogelberg’s continued omission from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame [1] is especially mystifying, given the fact that he recorded artistically and commercially successful albums in three decades and has influenced a wide variety of artists ranging from … Continue reading →

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The Korinthidon Pre-Cognition Team: Part One

Posted on November 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

The newly appointed team head of a police team pondered the nature of her assignment. What would it take to have a legitimate pre-cognition team? Unfortunately, answers were hard to come by at the moment. Before she threw open the … Continue reading →

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The Ancient City

Posted on November 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Ancient City: A Study Of The Religion, Laws, And Institutions Of Greece And Rome, by Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges There are several essential problems that make this book a less successful study of ancient Greek and Roman culture … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cicero

Posted on November 22, 2020 by nathanalbright

Cicero: The Life And Time Of Rome’s Greatest Politician, by Anthony Everitt It is a remarkable achievement that Cicero was during his time and ever afterward viewed as being among Rome’s greatest citizens and politicians despite some of the major … Continue reading →

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