The Splendid and the Vile
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The New York Times Book Review – Hampton Sides Erik Larson is one of the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction. In book after book, he's proved adept at rescuing weird and wonderful gothic tales from the shadows of history. Larson is both a resourceful reporter and a subtle stylist who understands the tricky art […]
In the Garden of Beasts : Love, Terror, and an American Family In Hitler's Berlin
The Washington Post – Philip Kerr History books have to work much harder than they did of old. It's no longer enough that they are authoritative and well-researched—they have to be entertaining, too. As entertaining as a novel, perhaps. Of course this is quite a tall order. But Larson fills it admirably…his book reads like […]
Isaac's Storm : a Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane In History
The Devil In the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness At the Fair That Changed America
Thunderstruck
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. [Signature]Reviewed by James L. SwansonIn this splendid, beautifully written followup to his blockbuster thriller, Devil in the White City, Erik Larson again unites the dual stories of two disparate men, one a genius and the other a killer. The genius is Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless communication. The murderer is […]