- A first-rate historian: Benson Bobrick is the author of several celebrated books, including The Fated Sky and Testament . His work has been hailed as "Lucid and vivid" by The New Yorker, "elegant" by The Washington Post Book World, and "engrossing...detailed and gripping" by the Chicago Tribune . And The New York Times Book Review says, "Bobrick is perhaps the most interesting historian writing...