Month: May 2020

In the mid-1800s, two mutable rulers—one in France, the other in Beaver Island, Michigan—embarked on quests for power. These books chart their rise, fall, and fallout. —Keziah Weir The Betrayal of the Duchess (Basic Books) In vivid detail, Maurice Samuels elucidates the little-known tale of Duchesse de Berry, who raised a militia to restore France’s
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Recent releases like Monstrum and The Wretched continue to prove one thing: horror fans can’t get enough of monsters. Of all the branching sub-genres of horror, one of the cornerstones belongs to the creature feature. At its most ubiquitous of definitions, the creature feature is simply a horror movie in which a monster plays a prominent role; the
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The “unmasking” controversy is in a sense the official kickoff of the Trump campaign, a sequel to “Obama was born in Kenya” and Hillary’s emails. It was unveiled when Richard Grenell, the acting director of national intelligence who’s long been a highly politicized Trump loyalist, declassified a list of Obama administration officials who requested to
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