What book reviewers are saying this week
WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING...
MADAME DE STAEL: The First Modern Woman
By Francine du Plessix Gray / Atlas & Co.
鈥淔rancine du Plessix Gray does a marvelous job in聽 鈥楳adame de Sta毛l,鈥� filling us in on the French Revolution as though it were (almost) easy to understand, recognizing de Sta毛l鈥檚 faults (delusions of grandeur, mostly), while steadfastly commending her talents, her sweet nature, her generosity. I loved this book!鈥� 鈥� CAROLYN SEE, The Washington Post
CAIRO
By G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker / Vertigo
鈥淐airo the city holds many secrets for foreigners. 鈥�Cairo鈥� the graphic novel isn鈥檛 so obtuse; it puts some of those secrets out there for all to see and uses them to kick off a story that is part mythology, part social commentary and part full-blown adventure.鈥�
鈥� JOHN HOGAN, Bookreporter.com
TRIED BY WAR: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
By James M. McPherson / Penguin Press
鈥淚t is hard to do justice in a short review to how convincingly and compellingly McPherson narrates Lincoln鈥檚 simultaneous mastery of the political, strategic and moral challenge of his historical moment.鈥�
鈥� TIMOTHY RUTTEN, The Los Angeles Times
