‘There’s no such thing as the perfect Good Friday gift…’

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Make your own griffin, 1589 (Musée du Louvre)

#Siblings

Thank you!

Rare Editions of Pushkin Are Vanishing From Libraries Around Europe nytimes.com/2024/05/01/boo…

30 Apr 1620: Francis Bacon’s final ‘Confession & humble submission’ responding to each charge against him, is read to the House of Lords #otd (NPG)

What does a book cost?

Back in 2015 we ran some calculations to figure out what a book costs, what it sells for, and where the money goes. We've done the sums again - for 2023 -and you head here for some grim, but hopefully also interesting, reading: galleybeggar.co.uk/what-does-a-bo…

29 Apr 1559: the Privy Council publicly forbids 'Strangwyshe the Rover' or Henry Strangeways, #pirate , from putting to sea in warlike state #otd as #Spain had protested he intended to target Madeira (NPG)

Elizabeth I evinced horror at the murder of Lord Darnley, eventually (politically) allowing publication of material that denounced Mary Queen of Scots as a killer.

When Henri III had the Duke of Guise brutally murdered, Elizabeth wrote to congratulate him on a job well done.

As the might of Rome wanes, the sun is rising on a new era...

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Phil takes Sophia on a tour of Pendennis Castle where she meets Governor Melvill and two naval lieutenants… but is everyone as they seem?
‘Classic regency tale with a twist’
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Growing up comes adjustments & disappointments for Margaret. When dreams of teaching are shattered what lies in store for her in Edinburgh?
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All the King’s Soldiers
Lisbon, 1940: spies and lovers in WWII Lisbon
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CJ Sansom’s Shardlake novels changed the literary world

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Enormously flattered to see THE LINDBERGH NANNY included on the very kind Clare Broyles's list of historical mysteries with strong women alongside truly amazing novels. shepherd.com/best-books/spu…

RIP. A wonderful series.

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'A VOUS ME LIE' The Coming of Age of young Richard of Gloucester, the future Richard III. Richard meets a young lady called Alice, a nurse, when injured...their son is John of Pontefract. #KindleUnlimited Ebook/print

'This is an absolutely brilliant portrayal of the life of Mary Tudor, probably the most tragic queen there ever was or ever will be.'

#Review #HistoricalFiction #CoffeePotBookClub #Tudors

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