Then, in the spirit of benevolence, “Your face is well balanced.” She slapped him encouragingly on the back, “You have very long eyelashes. Like a cow.

The next night, alone in the tent, Laurent said: ‘As we draw closer to the border, I think it would be safer–more private–to hold our discussions in your language rather than mine.’He said it in...

(Dorothy) Dunnett is the master of the invisible, particularly in her later books. Where is this tension coming from? Why is this scene so agonizing? Why is this scene so emotional? Tension and emotion pervade...

It was like watching a man smile as he surrendered himself to drown in deep water.