Historical Narrative Enthusiasts Gifts

Mysterious appearance of the gentleman in small clothes

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

"It's a heck of a tale...and well told, but we don't publish resumes."

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

The International and May Day Terrorism

Cut!

Gunter Grass

Dickens & Tolstoy Walk into a Bar: " . . . so, to make a short story long . . . "

"Oh, mournful and terrible engine of horror and crime—of agony and of death, not asparagus again!"

"Only one pailful? Did they have water restrictions like we do?"

Marriage a la Mode - Death of the Earl.

'Like it? I LOVED it! The narrative gripped me from the first sentence and didn't let go until the final, heart-stopping page! And the CHARACTERS! Without question, Harris, this is the finest year-end financial report you've ever written!'

Thomas Keneally

'Mummy, the review of this book was more interesting.'

This castle manager job better be for real.

'The Fashionable Mamma, or The Convenience of Modern Dress'

"Oh, you haven’t seen holiday drama ‘till you’ve met our little family."

"You don't think this could be construed as ironic do you?"

'He's narrating it, I just know it.'

I hope that "golden showers" dossier about Trump is true. That'd be awesome. How so, little buddy? Well, I was always a big fan of the cold war. I loved "Red Dawn" and "War Games" and "James Bond" and all those really cool cold war movies. If it's true that our new president is actually being blackmailed by the Russians, we might finally have a real "Manchurian Candidate." I've calculated that the number of "Twilight Zone" episodes that might still come true has just grown by half a dozen. I hop

Dolly Varden - 'The Laughing Dolly'

Charles Dickens

William Wordsworth

Toni Morrison

Architects and Engineers - Restoration of old Buildings.

"So it was a performance enhancing drug."

God's Double Whammy.

Miss Jellyby

Rudy, I loved your memoir. It was fascinating. The way you overcame huge odds to invent the computer. How you went on to protect us from government surveillance. You know none of it's true. The way you swore yourself to humility. People so want to believe a good story.

"Tell us again — a little less graphic."

Darcy's feelings for Elizabeth increase.

Anyone else think the movie was better? Book club bouncer.

"Your resume is remarkably similar to our CEO's."

Elegance & Social Distance

"You know, it's a picture book. Needless to say, it doesn't have a lot of narrative scope."