by Whitney Morton Woodcock | Aug 16, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy
You know the story: a duke and his young daughter are shipwrecked on a magical island, the duke’s brother usurped his title. The duke trains himself in the study of magic, and after many years, he engineers a storm to bring a ship carrying his deceitful brother (and...
by Site Owner | Apr 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
By Stephen Marche Harper, $21.99, 204 pages What do the following have in common?: the name “Jessica,” the words amazement and lackluster, and the phrase “It’s Greek to Me.” William Shakespeare created them all. The famous playwright coined more words than any other...