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I'm reading:
Churchill Goes to War: Winston's Wartime Journeys by Brian Lavery, which is about Churchill's trips to meet with the other two of the Big Three during WWII. I don't like it as much as a glowing review by a friend at Goodreads led me to expect, as it's (naturally enough) heavy on logistics, not really my thing. Still fascinating as insight into Churchill; I'm not a huge fan and this book plays into that.
Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope, the fourth Barchester novel. I'm happy to say that Trollope's back on his typical witty and insightful form after a disappointing outing in Dr. Thorn.
Spartan Women by Sarah B. Pomeroy, which is rather a dud. There's not that much historical evidence for the lives of women in ancient Sparta, so of necessity this book is both repetitive and highly speculative. That would be fine with an engaging narrative, but while Pomeroy can research, she can't write. There are gems here, but you work for them.
Sharpe's Revenge by Bernard Cornwell, the 19th Sharpe novel. Somewhat coincidentally, I just finished the Aubrey/Maturin book that deals with the same period of the end (not so fast) of the Napoleonic Wars and the immediate aftermath. Overall, I've preferred the Sharpe novels where Cornwell gets inventive and plotty to those where Sharpe is the key person to winning every single freaking battle in the peninsular wars, so I'm good.
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