Welcome to the home page of
historian and novelist

Allan Levine

"[Levine] has an easy style and can pack a wealth of information into a brief essay."
—Publishers Weekly

Now available everywhere!
from Heartland Associates
A New Mystery

Evil of the Age
The Charles St. Clair Chronicles, Vol. I

In the sizzling summer of 1871, New Yorkers talk about only two things: a murdered woman cruelly stuffed into a trunk and Tammany Hall’s insidious corruption.
Journalist Charles St. Clair travels from the mansions of Fifth Avenue to the brothels of SoHo on the trail of both stories. But what he uncovers proves to be more shocking than even he ever imagined.

"One of the finest 'history mysteries' available today. Evil of the Age is an award-winning novel in waiting...Evil of the Age is history revealed in sordid and fascinating detail. It's also a mystery--a chilling and believable tale. It simply doesn't get any better than this."—Don Graves, The Hamilton Spectator. To read the entire review, click HERE. The review is about three quarters of the way down the page.

"Levine has done it again. He has seamlessly crafted an amazing mix of historical lore, credible views of the seamiest settings of old New York, an intertwined plot of murderous suspense and political corruption, and with a population of unique characters, good, bad, ugly and everything in between. For history/mystery fans it's a book that leaves its readers begging for the next of the St. Clair chronicles."
—M. Wayne Cunnigham, Mysterious Reviews. To read the entire review, click HERE.

Now available, Allan's new non-fiction book:

The Devil in Babylon: Fear of Progress
and the Birth of Modern Life
from McClelland & Stewart.

“[A] wonderful history of sin in the city in the early 20th century.”
—Globe and Mail
 
“ A fair-minded, fascinating and well-balanced book.”
—National Post
 
“ Levine has written a fast-paced and abundantly informative study of early twentieth-century social history…His book is a whirlwind tour through the years. It repays reading and re-reading. I wouldn’t have missed a single page. Trust me—you’ll feel the same.”
—Books in Canada
 
“ Levine brings the historical material to vivid life, shining new light on previously well-trodden ground
…. [The Devil in Babylon is] a sterling example of popular history that gives the reader much to think about.”
—Vancouver Sun
 
“ Levine has written an enjoyable, fascinating and readable book….Levine is an excellent storyteller….He writes clearly and evocatively.”
—Winnipeg Free Press

For more information, click HERE.

Breaking News

• Watch for Coming of Age in 2009 a new popular history on Jewish life in Manitoba commissioned by the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada.
• A new edition of Fugitives of the Forest: The Heroic Story of Jewish Resistance and Survival During the Second World War (1998) will be published in the fall of 2008 in the United States (and distributed in Canada) by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press. This second edition will also include a new introduction, addressing research on the history of Jewish partisans during the last decade. The book's publication will coincide with the release of a major motion picture, "Defiance" (Paramount/Vintage) about the partisans and Tuvia Bielski and his brothers who saved 1,200 Jews in the forests of Belarus. The movie stars Daniel Craig (James Bond) as Tuvia Bielski as well as Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell.

Readers are invited to e-mail me at: Alevine@sjr.mb.ca

Allan Levine's books are available from these fine booksellers: