Monday, March 28, 2016

The Tudors

The Tudors
by G.J,Meyer, 2010

started to read: 3-28-2016

PART ONE
An Excess of Good Fortune:  1486-1532
PART TWO
Monster:  1533-1547
PART THREE
A King Too Soon and a Queen Too Late:  1547-1558
PART FOUR
Survivor:  1558-1603

Finished reading: 5-10-2016
Total of 576 pages.
For 118 years the Tudor kings and queens took England from a Catholic country to finally a Protestant one.  Various swings back and forth to Queen Elizabeth's death in 1603 and the final end of Catholic religion in England.


Sunday, March 27, 2016

The Conscience of a Liberal

The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman, 2007

began reading in December 2015
completed reading March 28, 2016
Chapters:
1.  The Way We Were
2.  The Long Gilded Age
3.  The Great Compression
4.  The Politics Of The Welfare State
5.  The Sixties: A Troubled Prosperity
6.  Movement Conservatism
7.  The Great Divergence
8.  The Politics Of Inequality
9.  Weapons Of Mass Destruction
10.  The New Politics Of Equality
11.  The Health Care Imperative
12,  Confronting Inequality
13.  The Conscience Of A Liberal