Servants of the Map, by Andrea Barrett Portents made during the seances

Portents made during the seances came to pass as Breton's friends fell under a morbid influence

Errington's main emphasis is not on the biographies of the great kings but rather on the flexible political interplay between king

Mourning jewelry became a fashion statement as much as a way to cope with grief

Ez suspects the two are connected - and

the parents let her slide on being lazy

Servants of the Map, by Andrea Barrett Portents made during the seancesRanging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these wonderfully imagined stories and novellas travel the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery. A mapper of the highest mountain peaks realizes his true obsession. A young woman afire with scientific curiosity must come to terms with a romantic fantasy. Brothers and sisters, torn apart at an early age, are beset by dreams of