Robert Earle's Books
Oct.28.2011
The Man Clothed in Linen begins with a virgin brought to Herod's sickbed to warm him as a maiden once warmed King David. Herod recovers and chooses a successor--Archelaus--from one of his two sons by Queen Malthace only to discover that the virgin is pregnant. He wants the child killed. Joanna the steward's wife foils him with the aid of Herod's counselor, Nicolas of Damascus...
Sep.15.2008
Robert Earle presents the first historical account of the strategic process that sought to reverse the negative consequences of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. He offers an insider's details and insights into the early attempts to deal with the Iraqi insurgency and to develop Coalition counterinsurgency plans available nowhere else. His book is a sustained, comprehensive account...
Feb.01.2004
From BooklistThe varied plots of Earle's compelling debut carom through its pages like a pinball. Foremost a coming-of-age tale, it is tinged with Earle's philosophical riffs on marriage and divorce, the economics of aging, and the often inscrutable ties between generations. Max, 16 and an only child, is very close to his grandfather; when he dies, Max's world begins to unravel....
About Robert
I have been writing fiction since my teens. I continued doing this through a twenty year career in the Foreign Service and now write full-time in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.
Causes Robert Earle Supports
World Wildlife Fund
UNICEF
NPR