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

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!'

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

Thomas Keneally

This castle manager job better be for real.

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

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

Dolly Varden - 'The Laughing Dolly'

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

"Tell us again — a little less graphic."

Miss Jellyby

Architects and Engineers - Restoration of old Buildings.

Charles Dickens

"So it was a performance enhancing drug."

Toni Morrison

God's Double Whammy.

William Wordsworth

Darcy's feelings for Elizabeth increase.

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

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

The Eureka Stockade