I am very annoyed that I will not get to see the exhibit on Troy that is currently at the British Museum. Words cannot express how upset I am by this. I am beyond pissed. You must understand, I cannot remember a time when the story of Troy has not fascinated me. Michael Woods’ series, In Search ...
It was with great anticipation that I turned my inquisitive reading mind towards Pat Barker’s 1st WW extravaganza The Regeneration Trilogy. The paperwork version, of this former booker prize winner, boasts just under a 900 page word count and demands some serious attention and dedicated reading time...
This is a retelling of The Iliad - no need to read it however a bit of the basics of it would help you understand this book more, just for background information. It can be a rather difficult read. Not to say it’s hard to understand, but more of the detailed subject matter. It’s shocking to read ...
So to start a quick recap of Ancient History... Agamemnon and Achilles come from different backgrounds, but the war in Troy brings them together. ... Without Achilles, Agamemnon is losing. It isn't until Achilles' companion and best friend Patroclus is killed that Achilles rejoins the Trojan War. An...
Early treatment of PTSD, the electrical treatments were harrowing, this follows Siegfried Sassoon and the psychologist who treated him after he publishes his declaration of protest against the continuation of the war. Features several characters from history.Not a bad one but the narrator didn't re...
The iconic phrase from London’s Blitz was “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The media of the time gives us one version of life during one of the longest sustained bombing campaigns in history, of Londoners with cheerful grins giving Hitler the double fingers (usually metaphorically, because they are English...
This book is the last of a trilogy which I wasn't aware of, so I was at a bit of a disadvantage right away. However it was still eminently readable and I was drawn in immediately. Descriptions of what it was like to live through the war, the bombs, the damage, the fear. You could almost hear the sou...
Synopsis: When Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, plunges into a river to save a young man from suicide, he unwittingly reopens a chapter from his past he had hoped to forget. For Tom already knows the young man as Danny Miller. When Danny was ten, Tom presented evidence that helped commit him to pr...
The Doubleday UK meme, a book a day in July, has reached a tough decision-requiring entry: Your favorite novel of the Great War, or WWI. http://expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2014/07/book-day-8-regeneration-my-favorite.html It took a LOT of thinking to settle on Pat Barker's amazing novel, Regenerat...
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