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My First Browning: My Last Duchess

Some time ago I happened on the definitive two volume Penguin set of Robert Browning’s poetry, edited by John Pettigrew, “supplemented and completed by…

9 hrs ago • David Murphy

American Impresario by Lawrence Perelman

Lawrence Perelman’s American Impresario: William F.

Feb 27 • David Murphy

Operation OVERLORD: The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts

It has been well over a decade since I first read Andrew Roberts’ 2011 overview of the Second World War, The Storm of War. I remembered it as a…

Feb 14 • David Murphy

The Correspondent: A Novel by Virginia Evans

Virginia Evan’s 2025 debut The Correspondent is given the insistent subtitle: A Novel. It is, I suppose, technically a made-up story. However, because…

Feb 6 • David Murphy

Potpourri #6 - 12/25/2025

The Hiss-Chambers case, Christmas, and much more

Dec 25, 2025 • David Murphy

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