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review 2015-12-30 16:23

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

bookshelves: autumn-2010, play-dramatisation, mystery-thriller, published-1939, doo-lally, suicide, serial-killer, revenge, recreational-homicide, summer-2013, re-visit-2013, winter-20152016, britain-england, eng-devon, islands, re-visit-2016

Read from November 13, 2010 to December 28, 2015, read count: 2

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Period murder mystery based on Agatha Christie's novel. Ten strangers find themselves cut off from civilisation on an isolated rock off the Devon coast.

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review 2015-02-05 22:23

Ungrateful Daughters by Maureen Waller

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Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown - Maureen Waller

bookshelves: women, war, history, published-2001, autumn-2010, one-penny-wonder, nonfiction, dip-in-now-and-again, restoration, winter-20142015, newtome-author, tbr-busting-2015, stuarts, under-500-ratings, britain-england, protestant, roman-catholic

Read from September 02, 2010 to February 02, 2015

Description: In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel-and a revolution. James II's drive towards Catholicism had alienated the nation and his two staunchly Protestant daughters by his first marriage, Mary and Anne, the "ungrateful daughters" who eventually usurped their father's crown and stole their half-brother's birthright.

Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange-James's nephew and son-in-law-to intervene in English affairs. But Mary and Anne also played a key role. Jealous and resentful of her hated stepmother, Anne had written a series of malicious letters to Mary in Holland, implying that the Queen's pregnancy was a hoax - a Catholic plot to deny Mary her rightful inheritance.

Distraught from being betrayed by his own children, James fled the kingdom. And even as the crown descended on her head, Mary knew she had incurred a father's curse. The sisters quarreled to the day of Mary's death at age 32. Anne did nothing to earn her father's forgiveness, and she declared her brother an outlaw with a price on his head.

James II 14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701

The Arms of England Inn, Faversham, Kent, December 1688: The seamen peered through the gloom at the tall, gaunt figure sitting motionless by the fire.

Again, one of those reads that have been on the dip-in/dip-out shelf for far too long. Enjoyable as it was to re-romp through these times, I am not convinced with the title of this book i.e that those girls were in anyway ungrateful, or stole the crown. I consider James II a feckless egit who lost the crown all on his very own.

3.5*

war nonfiction History women Restoration one-penny-wonder autumn-2010 published-2001 dip-in-now-and-again

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review 2014-01-12 11:04

The House by the Dvina

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bookshelves: one-penny-wonder, published-1984, autobiography-memoir, autumn-2010, slavic, history, under-500-ratings, britain-scotland, paper-read, nonfiction

Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Brazilliant Laura

Read from September 08 to 22, 2010

I remember the station. Nikolayevsky Vokzal, it was called in those days.

This is rich pickings indeed; thoroughly compelling and beautifully written, with memories through a young girl's eyes and laced with stories told by older generations.

Found by Gaeta:
Off The Page : Eugenie Fraser

'Drdushka decided to take a trip to the famous Solovetsky Monastry on the White Sea.'

autobiography-memoir autumn-2010 history one-penny-wonder published-1984 slavic

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review 2014-01-04 12:23

Slovenly Betsy

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bookshelves: autumn-2010, kiddlewinks, e-book, gutenberg-project, published-1911, poetry, noir, translation

Read on September 23, 2010

Gory but Good Illustrations by Walter Hayn - that one picture of the eyes coming out will stay with me for quite a while!

Betsy would never wash herself
When from her bed she rose,
But just as quickly as she could
She hurried on her clothes.

Not for today's children but great fun when read as an adult, viewing it is a turn of the century moralist collection.

autumn-2010 e-book gutenberg-project kiddlewinks noir poetry published-1911 translation