BOOKS

What Karl's reading

After three years preparing The Triumph of William McKinley by reading very little but books, letters, articles and newspapers from the Gilded Age, I’m trying to get back into my regular routine, which I’ll chronicle here with an occasional review of what I’ve read.

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
By Doug Stanton
The amazing story of how a handful of Special Forces and CIA operators teamed with the Northern Alliance and helped bring down the Taliban.
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
By Niall Ferguson
he paperback has been new material on the 2008 financial crisis, making this worth a re-read, even if you?ve already done the hardback.
The Painter's Chair: George Washington and the Making of American Art
By Hugh Howard
Interesting volume on how George Washington was not just first in the hearts of his countrymen, but also of his country's early artists, whose portraits of him both drew attention to their skill.
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
By Richard Holmes
Science just before the hinge point where it ceased to be dominated by solitary (and often self-trained) idealists and romantics.
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