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Review: To Lie with Lions

- May 31, 2020

To Lie with Lions by Dorothy Dunnett My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Review: The Unicorn Hunt

- May 26, 2020

The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews

"...It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." --President Abraham Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address (November, 1863) The words still ring true and carry a deep meaning to all Americans. Today is Memorial Day, when we recall our honored dead and celebrate the freedoms we enjoy because of their sacrifice. #MemorialDay2020 is especially poignant as the COVID-19 virus decimates the ranks of the survivors of WWII, the Korean War an...