Miles, Jonathan

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The Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera

This sweeping history traces the French Riviera from its geological formation through the Belle Époque, the Roaring Twenties, and both world wars to the present day. Given Miles’s writing style and geographical detail, Simon Winchester is a good read-alike author.
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St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva

The importance and the epic scale of St. Petersburg comes across vividly in this work. For all readers who enjoy Russian history combined with a rich overview of the arts.
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Anatomy of a Miracle

With sincerity and wit, Miles pens a strong, sardonic rumination on the religious boundaries of the miraculous. [See Prepub Alert, 9/15/17.]
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Want Not

Despite a somewhat implausible denouement (which links the storylines in a spectacular fashion), the novel stuns with a remarkable array of characters that will get readers thinking about "stuff" and what excess remains. [See Prepub Alert, 5/20/13.]
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The Dangerous Otto Katz

This look at a person who lived dangerously through some of the last century's most tumultuous times is recommended to serious readers in historical espionage studies, alongside books on spies such as Alger Hiss and Kim Philby.
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