Shakespeare: The World as a Stage
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From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare,...
Pennine Cycleway North: Sustrans Cycle Map
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The official route map for the 209-mile (336km) northern part of the Pennine Cycleway from Settle to...
Ross (3284 KP) rated Rotherweird in Books
Jul 8, 2019
However, the book that follows doesn't really pick up on this premise, and instead the book is more of a modern day Little England countryside romp. For within the area surrounding Rotherweird (now a private town cut off from the rest of British rule) there are access points to a secret other world, where a number of odd creatures are known to reside.
The plot relies on a number of tenuous crossword-type anagrams (but as everyone has such an unusual name, spotting them is impossible) and ridiculous puzzles as to be quite annoying.
A mysterious outsider has arrived and started to upset the introvert community, and more and more of the population begin to find odd relics or events, and once they start to team up they piece them together.
There is very little to distinguish the characters, and I frequently had to try and remember who was who from Finch, Flask, Fanguin, Ferensen, as well as the two almost identical young female characters.
A very frustrating read.
My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9-1) History
Tim Jenner, David Ferriby, Simon Beale and Carmel Bones
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Target success in AQA GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured...
ClareR (5726 KP) rated The Sin Eater in Books
Oct 5, 2021
Each sin in this book has a different food, which is how 14yr old May Owens learns that something sinister is going on in the Queen’s court.
May can’t tell anyone what she knows. It’s a terrible punishment for a young girl: sentenced to a life of silence and ostracised by everyone - all because she stole bread to eat. Ok, she’ll never go hungry, but some of the combinations are pretty grim!
I really enjoyed reading about the travelling entertainers, and the homeless people who decide that living with a walking, breathing curse (May) is worth the risk when it’s cold outside.
This is a really atmospheric book, steeped in the sights, sounds and smells of a 16th Century England-type-place, and it ticked a lot of boxes for me as a historical fiction, occasional fantasy fan (amongst the other types of fiction!!)
An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer
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In this first biography of Theodore Paleologus, new documentary evidence exposes him as a hardened...
King John
William Shakespeare and Eugene Giddens
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King John - today remembered as the villainous opponent of Robin Hood and the Magna Carta - was for...
How to Stop Time
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I am old. That is the first thing to tell you. The thing you are least likely to believe. If you saw...
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Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Ink and Steel (Promethean Age, #3) in Books
Mar 1, 2018
Normally, I'd be terribly unhappy with the fact that this book leaves so many loose ends. Since it is clearly marked "The Straford Man, Volume I," and the author's note states that it is one of two closely-linked novels, I don't feel cheated. It helps that this and <i>Hell and Earth</i> were released very close together.
Bear's mastery of the language is always a pleasure. The book is well-plotted, and while I struggled a bit to keep up with all the similarly-named people in Elizabethan England, I can hardly blame the author for the fact that there really were three "Will's" in the same company of players, or several plotting Richards in association. I'm not well-educated enough with regards to that period in history to know how much of the intrigue is pure fiction, and how much may have historical basis. I look forward to the promised explicatory note at the end of H&E for that.
The Disguised Ruler in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
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In the early seventeenth century, the London stage often portrayed a ruler covertly spying on his...