Voices from the Past

"Voices from the Past" by Paul Alexander Bartlett is a captivating volume that strings together five historical novels through the imagined journals of Sappho, Jesus, Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Abraham Lincoln. The narrative begins with Sappho's journal, inviting readers into the heart of Sappho's world, where she embodies poetic depth and wrestles with loneliness, affection, and the scars of conflict on her world and relationships. Set against the backdrop of Mytilene, Sappho contemplates her emotional upheavals, her feelings for Alcaeus, and her connections with her female companions, revealing her yearning for companionship and her trials as a woman navigating a chaotic world, while painting a vivid picture of her surroundings and merging her introspective musings and artistic nature with her personal connections to draw readers into her troubled life.