Whirligig tour of UK during wartime; great range, less depth (on purpose). Good basic review of the period. I like that even with a cast of thousands we return to certain families as the years pass and observe events as they affect people all along the social strata. It does get to feel breathless a...
I won this books through a Goodreads Giveaway, which does not impact my review.When I read a biography about a woman I tend to suspect that I will also be reading about her family, specifically her male relatives, because of the fact that more often than we want, women's lives were recorded in relat...
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I have just completed reading this book for the second time and it has been even better then the first time.I'd already seen the BBC series before reading the first time so I already knew the story, and I wish I'd come to the books afresh in a way though I do not think that would have altered in any...
To celebrate 350 years since the Restoration the beeb has flung us this delight - and I'm a happy bunny.Michael Maloney reads from the book by Jenny Uglow.Blurb - Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, li...
OK, I want to preface this review by saying that there is a very good chance that poor timing has caused me to not enjoy this book as much as I probably would have otherwise. I chose to read this immediately after finishing the ridiculously fast-paced and, I'll admit, addictive Twilight series, thin...
Various friends, bloggers and professors have been nagging me to read North and South, and eventually while talking about the mini-series on Twitter, Gail of Ticket to Anywhere decided to fix this problem by hosting the North and South read-a-long. I cannot believe I waited this long to read this no...
Well written short story that is among the best of Gaskell's work, in my humble opinion. Set amongst the American witch trials of the 1600s, the work fills you with frenzy as the momentum of accusations against Lois increase and leaving you powerless to stop them. The only sense of relief comes with...
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