A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen’s Captivityby Ethan Allen A seminal work in U.S. patriotism, Ethan Allen’s Narrative rings with vibrant ardor for Liberty and the nascent United States. He despises England — as a country — as much as he loves the cause of American freedom. Though not without its faults, Allen’s tale sheds …
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(My Original Review of Secrets of the Tomb)
Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Powerby Alexandra Robbins Robbins’s book isn’t terrible. She reveals some of the banal truth behind the seemingly sinister facade of the Yale “tombs” in her sometimes rambling work. But her own sips of secret society Kool-Aid are obvious; her stated …
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Jesuits On The Run
God’s Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth’s Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plotby Alice Hogge Alice Hogge’s book reads like a hagiography of Henry Garnet — nevermind that he was never beatified, let alone sanctified. The subtitle both reveals and elides the actual subject(s) of the book. Though indeed _God’s Secret Agents_ is the …