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While I'm in one of these periodic bloggy moods -- which may increase after bailing on most other forms of social media (Facebook, Twitter, fora) --  I may as well cite a couple of other reviews from month's past.

Here's a Washington Post review of Edward Rutherfurd's gallumphing Paris.

The other, Vera Gran: The Accused by Agata Tuszyńska, offered some real insight into the life and struggles of a cultural figure not that well known in the West.