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Reviewed by John Murphy There are a lot of things I could say about City of Thieves. I might comment on its gritty evocation of a specific time and place (1942 Leningrad under Nazi siege), its likable characters, gallows humor, or its sturdy plot. The salient point is this: I stayed up half the night [...]
reviewed by John J. Desjarlais Belisarius: Book I, The First Shall Be Last by Paolo A. Belzoni Arx Publishing, 2007 $14.95 ISBN-13: 978-1889758-78-7 Historical fiction set in the distant past has often been used as a platform to comment on contemporary events. Yes, the reader says, that situation was like the one we face today, [...]
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