Archive for April, 2006
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara
The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara is a novel of the Revolutionary War, told through the eyes of the major participants: George Washington, Nathaniel Greene, Charles Cornwallis and the Marquis de Lafayette, just to name a few. This novel, like most of Jeff Shaara’s novels, falls into the style of his father’s Pultizer-prize winning work, The Killer Angels, that is […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Fiction, History by Matthew Davis
Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester is an excellent portrayal of a young English boy (Horatio Hornblower) entering service into the Royal Navy during the era of Napoleon. It is the first of eleven books Forester would write about the life and times of Britain’s most famous (fictional) sailor. Naturally, as he is only 17 and hasn’t any […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Fiction by Matthew Davis
Saturday, April 29th, 2006
Hello Readers/Future Reviewers!
Welcome to The Scriptorium! The purpose of this site is to generate and encourage intelligent literary discussion by allowing the general public to review their favorite books and have others to comment on these reviews. Please bear with me as this site is refined to a more permanent form.
Thanks for visiting,
-Matt
