Last two books I have read were by Erik Larson, who is simply a fantastic writer.
He actually writes history with concentration of particular events with great detail. Last book was "Thunderstruck" where he tells two stories and finds a way to intertwine them...1st the story of Marconi's invention of the wireless which is woven with one of the biggest murder mysteries in England of that era.
The first was also by Larson..."The Devil in the White City"...again, with great detail he intertwines the story of the making of the Chicago Worlds Fair, with that of a serial killer on the loose in Chicago at the same time.
Great detail.....and a great sense of the culture of the time.
Currently about half done with "Steve Jobs"
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