This Week's Acquisitions

Martha Bowden, Descendants of Waverley: Romancing History in Contemporary Historical Fiction (Bucknell, 2016). Analyzing the ongoing influence of Scott on contemporary historical fiction. I'm reviewing this for Choice. (Review copy)
Raymond Jonas, France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart: An Epic Tale for Modern Times (U of California, 2000). History of Sacre-Coeur at Montmartre and devotions to the Sacred Heart. (Amazon [secondhand])