July was not a very epic month in terms of books,
I only read 2, but both were fun and educational.
(and one was wonderfully outdated)
*Animals of the Past-Frederic A. Lucas
*Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs
Animals of the Past was printed for the American
Museum of Natural History and I have the 4th edition
which is from 1916. It's a really interesting read, partly because
a lot of the speculations about the animals is not correct-
or rather has been proven otherwise since 1916. (i.e: dinosaurs
having feathers) But the pictured are beautiful and
who doesn't love reading about dinosaurs?
The husband picked up the Rasputin book for me at the Strand,
and I think he picked the best of the bunch because the author
really tried to be as historically accurate as possible. So much myth
surrounds Rasputin, it's hard to know the truth but Colin Wilson
really makes a point of getting as close to it as possible. Noting
the discrepancies in many other books on the same topic.
Another good read, loaded with so much history-not just
on Rasputin but the history of the Czars leading up to the Revolution.
Really fascinating.
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