Cynthia Wolfe Boynton

Content by Cynthia Wolfe Boynton

Behind King Edward's love affair

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International excitement over Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in June coupled with the current popularity of the television show “Downton Abbey” and, really, all things British Read more »
La résistance of old Paris

Issue: February 2012
A slim narrative with much of the story told through letters written by and to widow and lifelong Parisian Rose Bazelet, Tatiana de Rosnay’s The House I Loved is a tale as da Read more »
Reality sparks an affecting debut

Issue: April 2012
Difficult to read, but impossible to put down—this is perhaps the best way to describe Melanie Thorne’s debut, Hand Me Down. Read more »
Sweet songs of the dead

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You don’t have to be a fan of archeology, the supernatural or the American Southwest to enjoy Come In and Cover Me, a smart, engrossing ghost story about 37-year-old Santa Fe Read more »
The angel of Afghanistan

Issue: August 2011
Only someone who has actually served as a wartime diplomat in northern Afghanistan could craft a novel as heartbreaking, real and compelling as Patricia McArdle’s Farishta. Read more »
When gilded lives begin to shatter

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People are bound to be drawn to a novel written by Herman Melville’s great-great-great-granddaughter. Read more »