History Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/history/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:59:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg History Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/history/ 32 32 38398750 Family of Spies https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/family-of-spies/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/family-of-spies/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:40:35 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19572 Here we are nearing the end of March and this is my first nonfiction review. That’s a pretty good summation of my 2026 nonfiction reading so far. I’m staying as far away from reality as possible. However, when I saw Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn at the library it looked intriguing enough that I […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/family-of-spies/feed/ 4 19572 Ask Not by Maureen Callahan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/11/ask-not-by-maureen-callahan/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/11/ask-not-by-maureen-callahan/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:54:48 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19402 Reams of paper have been expended in dissecting the Kennedys in all their tragedy and fame. Now, author Maureen Callahan joins the fray with a knockout punch in Ask Not. The book’s subtitle is The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, but in case Callahan’s being too subtle this is a scathing exposé about the […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/11/ask-not-by-maureen-callahan/feed/ 0 19402 November Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/november-reading-wrap-up-7/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/november-reading-wrap-up-7/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:06:49 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18811 November. I’ve been cautioned about staying out of politics and overreacting. Thanks for the advice, but it’s my blog and there are times when staying silent is not an option. The good news is that my rage of a thousand suns and despair for the future have subsided. The majority has spoken and now I’ll […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/november-reading-wrap-up-7/feed/ 8 18811 April Reading Recap https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/april-reading-recap-7/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/april-reading-recap-7/#respond Thu, 02 May 2024 07:54:19 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18387 Is it the year? The authors? Me? Or some depressing combination of all three? I don’t know, but my April reading was as hit or miss as the Seattle weather.   Just when you think you’ve read every horror story about the opioid epidemic there’s more. Prescription for Pain is an investigative look into the […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/april-reading-recap-7/feed/ 0 18387 Capote’s Women by Laurence Leamer https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/capotes-women-by-laurence-leamer/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/capotes-women-by-laurence-leamer/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:53:25 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18377 After all the agita of getting taxes filed on time, I needed a reward. Overindulging in champagne was my first choice, but not a healthy option so I turned to reading that gave me the same light, fizzy feeling and required no thought to enjoy. The book is Laurence Leamer’s Capote’s Women: A True Story […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/04/capotes-women-by-laurence-leamer/feed/ 0 18377 A Fever in the Heartland https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/08/a-fever-in-the-heartland/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/08/a-fever-in-the-heartland/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2023 07:15:03 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17774 I had little idea what to expect when I picked up Timothy Egan’s new book, A Fever in the Heartland. I knew it was about the Ku Klux Klan, but its subtitle seemed a bit dramatic: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them. It actually proved to […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/08/a-fever-in-the-heartland/feed/ 10 17774 The Art Thief by Michael Finkel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/07/the-art-thief-by-michael-finkel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/07/the-art-thief-by-michael-finkel/#comments Tue, 18 Jul 2023 07:47:04 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17718 I love books about art, whether they’re fiction or nonfiction so Michael Finkel’s The Art Thief was an easy reading choice. It’s the true story of a modern day art thief in France and is a heady combination of both fiction and nonfiction in that it’s true, but reads with the pace and plot twists […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/07/the-art-thief-by-michael-finkel/feed/ 4 17718 The Curse of the Marquis de Sade https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/04/the-curse-of-the-marquis-de-sade/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/04/the-curse-of-the-marquis-de-sade/#respond Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:53:48 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17433 If you’re a bibliophile, then you know the love of collecting books is highly personal. What is a treasure for some might be trash for others. This meant I was conflicted when deciding to read The Curse of the Marquis de Sade. I have no interest in erotic fiction nor did I particularly care about […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/04/the-curse-of-the-marquis-de-sade/feed/ 0 17433 Deliberate Cruelty https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/deliberate-cruelty/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/deliberate-cruelty/#respond Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:26:25 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17098 I’ve always had a fascination with high society and the people who chronicle it. Fiction like The Swans of Fifth Avenue  and memoirs like Dilettante are some of my favorite reading. In keeping with that theme, but straying from the ‘giving thanks’ aspect of the week, I’m back with a bit of wealthy people behaving badly […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/deliberate-cruelty/feed/ 0 17098 House of Gucci https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/04/house-of-gucci/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/04/house-of-gucci/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:11:57 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16649 I’ve been having great luck with nonfiction recently. Part of it is due to a slew of well-written books, but I also seem to be getting better at knowing what kind of non-fiction works best for me. While I might like to read meaty history about places and people I know nothing about, let’s be […]

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