CultureWatch, August 2009
Duchess of Death tells of Agatha Christie's travels with her husband on Middle East digs, to sleep in a tent or on a desert floor, hardly usual in a woman “to the manor born.” Dreaming in French thrives on the gossipy, ex-pat society of Paris. Drawing in the Dust is a lively tale of the purported discovery of Jeremiah’s tomb, as well an an engaging romance. Exhibit, Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Literary Life Under Nazi Occupation. Read More...
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