Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukHILARY MANTEL'S Man Booker prize-winning novel, "Wolf Hall", was a momentous work about the court of Henry VIII, as seen through the lens of Thomas Cromwell.
Perhaps his most momentous work to date has been his involvement in the Queen's recent 86th birthday and Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
During these years, we have learned many lessons, but most importantly, to recognize the momentous work done by trade unions around the world who fight everyday to protect workers' health and safety.
The problem is Mr. Kotkin does not manage to put these developments into a useful context; nor does he help the reader understand the momentous changes at work in America today.
But another traveller and as the pope would see things, a more important one was en route from Rome to the Russian capital this week.The icon of Our Lady of Kazan, which first appeared in the 16th century, is credited with working momentous miracles on behalf of the Russian people, including the rout of several invaders.
Distance, we're told, is what must come between a momentous event and any work of art created around that event, or else the art may be short on reflection and digestion.
After the initial skepticism about carpetbaggers or opportunists, they've actually morphed into fairly typical Westchester folks, stressed out over work, contemplating momentous life passages, and, of course, trying to figure out what to do with the house in this real estate market.
Taking a life is momentous, and people have been working to justify the slaughter of animals for thousands of years.
The author of Changing Places and Nice Work charts the momentous social developments that unfolded during the first half of his life.
"One searches in vain for any sign of these momentous events in Klimt's work," writes Frank Whitford, looking for evidence of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo and the collapse of the Habsburgs and the Austro-Hungarian empire.
