Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Truth About the Schley Case | 2018 | Mika Waltari | Buy |
The Truth About the Schley Case was published in 2018, decades after Waltari’s death in 1979, as part of ongoing efforts to make more of his work available in translation. The book is an unusual entry in his bibliography, turning his attention to a specific controversy in American naval history rather than the ancient Mediterranean or Renaissance Europe that fill most of his fiction.
For readers who know Waltari as a novelist, the book is an interesting document of his nonfiction interests and his skills as a researcher. It is a specialized title, appealing mainly to Waltari completists and to readers with a specific interest in the Spanish-American War and its aftermath, but it shows the range of his intellectual curiosity beyond the historical fiction he is famous for.