Nathan Francis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Nathan Francis

🦇#OTD in #ComicBook #History 1 May 1939, The #Batman made his debut appearance in Detective Comics #27 in a story titled "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate". The story was written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane. https://t.co/eR9BZ7GqxH

Nathan Francis

"Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals." ✒️ #TELawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia", author of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", #DOTD 19 May 1935. https://t.co/Yvckm2DPD4

Nathan Francis

"History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders." ✒️ Edna O'Brien, great Irish novelist and short story writer (Girl with Green Eyes, Casualties of Peace), celebrates her birthday today. https://t.co/rrAWk9j0Ue

Nathan Francis

“Can’t stop a Nazi with a lawbook.” 📖#OTD in the #History of #Literature 19 March 1951, #HermanWouk's classic novel "The Caine Mutiny" was first published by Doubleday in 🇺🇸. It won the Pulitzer Prize. https://t.co/p0NbvrTX9u

Nathan Francis

#PaulNewman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man #BookReview – a screen idol full of self-loathing. A painfully revealing #memoir, taken from transcripts of reminiscences Newman recorded in the 1980s, lays bare a candid, complicated star. #Film [https://t.co/C2pglhvUY4] https://t.co/DhbjhsoHBS

Nathan Francis

#SeaOfTranquility by @EmilyMandel #BookReview – time-travel drama. This ingenious follow-up to Station Eleven finds intimate human interest in a future of moon colonies, pandemics and paranormal investigation. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/20/sea-of-tranquility-by-emily-st-john-mandel-review-time-travel-drama?CMP=share_btn_tw

Nathan Francis

📖#OTD in the #History of #Literature 12 November 1880, #LewWallace's "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" was published by Harper and Brothers in the 🇺🇸 A sensational bestseller, Wallace had written the novel while also attempting to handle #BillyTheKid as Governor of New Mexico. https://t.co/ihvwaRqdGr

Nathan Francis

#Emily #FilmReview – love, passion and sex in impressive #Brontë biopic. Director Frances O’Connor shows author’s creative path to writing Wuthering Heights through the two great loves of her life. https://t.co/n9OUcw9wUU

Nathan Francis

"I offer you the honour to render temporary pecuniary assistance to genius." 🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 1 Feb 1896, #Puccini's 4-Act opera LA BOHEME, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin. ▶️https://t.co/4jvCQXtAdo] https://t.co/w3c8xra9iW

Nathan Francis

#HarlemShuffle by #ColsonWhitehead #BookReview – a delicious heist novel. The double Pulitzer winner turns to crime with a tale of 1960s New York gangsters, rendered with superbly observed, affectionate, page-turning brio. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/23/harlem-shuffle-by-colson-whitehead-review-a-delicious-heist-novel