There's a little novella by Helen DeWitt. It's called "The English Understand Wool." It's a psychological thriller that also works as a satirical critique of the publishing industry. The book came out ...
As the Bayeux Tapestry comes to London, the year 1066 and the Norman Conquest are in the spotlight. The tapestry – an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long, created soon after the events it depicts ...