I’m a fan of political novels. Most aren’t very good. DEMOCRACY, by Henry Adams, is a good one
I read Anthony Trollope’s entire Palliser series. It was great. The Duke of Omnium and Lady Glencora Palliser are top-notch creations, and their marriage was glorious and complex. I love how he can eke the maximum drama out of relatively little things. But...although the entire book takes place at the center of British politics, and many of the characte…


