2009/09/01

Good Reads - September 2009

Our selections this month all fall under the category “biographical fiction” which are novels based on the lives of real people.

Archer, Jeffrey
Paths of Glory



For fans of classic adventure fiction, this is the story of George Mallory, the mountain climber who disappeared in 1924 while attempting to climb Mount Everest.


Easter Smith, Anne
The King's Grace


Takes an overlooked woman, Grace Plantagenet, the illegitimate daughter of Edward IV, and places her in the midst of one of English history's greatest mysteries: What happened to the two princes imprisoned in the Tower in 1485?


Obomsawin, Diane
Kaspar


This graphic novel by a Quebec author and cartoonist is based on the life of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared mysteriously in the streets of Nuremberg on May 28, 1828, and died of knife wounds five years later under equally mysterious circumstances. Allegedly raised in a dark cellar and deprived of human contact until the age of sixteen, he became the proof of a concept for theories about natural man, original sin, and the civilizing mission of culture. Rightful heir to the throne of Baden or a fraud? Redeemer of man’s sins or “ambulatory automatist”? The curious circumstances and significance of his life have been disputed ever since.


Boyle, T. Coraghessan
The Women


The life story of the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, is told through the experiences of the four women who loved him - the Montenegrin beauty Olgivanna Milanoff; the passionate Southern belle Maud Miriam Noel; the spirited Mamah Cheney who was tragically killed; and his young first wife, Kitty Tobin.

Also available in LARGE PRINT The Women

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