![]() ![]() ![]() However, not long after his arrival he turns up dead. ![]() He brings the tree with him to a remote island where he was asked to participate in an archeological dig. Yet Hardinge adds a few twists to this story.įaith’s father, Erasmus Sunderly, discovers the tree in Asia and after searching and doing his own share of lies and deception he secures the tree for himself. This thirst for power and thus knowledge goes back to biblical times of Adam and Eve and the tree of knowledge. At the core of the narrative is a scientific discovery: a tree that will give you truth and knowledge through its fruits if you feed it lies. The book is fast paced with some good suspense and plot development. Book cover of “The Lie Tree” by Frances Hardingeįrances Hardinge’s The Lie Tree was the perfect read for my summer holidays in Catania last week. ![]()
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![]() ![]() That too was met with critical and financial rejection. It was not until almost thirty years after his death that he was reassessed to receive the stature he deserves.Īfter about a decade of writing novels, and being rejected, Melville turned to poetry. Melville, after early success with his romanticized sailing adventures-which were a comingling of biography and tall tale-turned to serious fiction, and though in retrospect he has been revised to be considered one of the great American novelists, in his day was met with both critical and financial rejection. Yes, this is the famous Herman Melville, author of the great-and to some-greatest American novel, Moby Dick. In honor of Memorial Day, I wanted to present a poem that captured the ultimate sacrifice of our military, and this poem by Herman Melville was intriguing and fit the bill. ![]() ![]() What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?Ī master storyteller whose clever mind may never be matched, Agatha Christie’s untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all. With her trademark exploration into the shadows of history, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such a murky story. The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away. Her husband and daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. ![]() ![]() Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. ![]() ![]() Marie Benedict, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room, uncovers the untold story of Agatha Christie’s mysterious eleven day disappearance. ![]() |