[quote=@KnightShade] The Lafayette one has been on my books to buy list for awhile. She's an odd author, if you like lots of digressions, anecdotes, and modern day travelling to historical sites in among your history you might like her. She does a very good job making historical characters feel alive. [/quote] I do really enjoy her, and I've been searching for at least an audiobook reading of her other material but, alas, haven't found anything (for free (legally)). I suppose I could try out the other libraries in the area. But from what I recall in her Lafayette book at least is that she admits to, and calls herself a visual historian of sorts. She doesn't write history solely on letters, diaries, and other records but has and will visit the relevant places to also include what might be learned there to add further depth, or add those little anecdotes that brings history forward. You probably can't call her an academic historian in the same vein as others. But she at least makes it entertaining for people who are, or are not into history. What's better is her dry voice adds a layer of casual sarcasm, since she performs her own audiobooks. If your uninitiated to her audio work, she voiced [url=https://youtu.be/SOK1frLlmKA?t=1m16s]Violet in the Incredibles[/url].