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Colette (2018)
Colette (2018)
2018 | Drama, History
Colette (2019) sees Keira Knightly ghostwriting for Willy while enjoying fanny by gaslight.
Taking a few liberties with the Libertine life and times of celebrated French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, “Colette” is a sumptuous and sensual but occasionally aimless and indulgent biopic that’s perhaps a little too interested in signposting the contemporary resonances than in providing a wider historical context to its subject’s life...

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusColette
  
England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York
England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth Norton | 2015 | Biography
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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Interesting overview from the early and mythical queens right up to Elizabeth of York.

Overall I enjoyed it, but the later chapters I found disappointing. Probably because my own historical knowledge is stronger there, but I thought the later chapters were a rehash of something from books a few years out of date and a few things were plain wrong (e.g. Elizabeth Woodville did not have a big funeral).
  
    Tao Te Ching Today

    Tao Te Ching Today

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    Tao Te Ching Today is a discussion on the Tao Te Ching and how it applies in today's world. The Tao...

    Swami Sivananda

    Swami Sivananda

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    Swami Sivananda's Original Voice: Kirtans, Mantra-Chanting, Instructional Songs, Short Talks and...

Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace
Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace
Jennifer Chiaverini | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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6.5 (2 Ratings)
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Jennifer Chiaverini’s historical fiction novel about Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace, takes us back to 19th century England, to discover a woman whose mathematical insights may have been instrumental in making the essential the connections that led to today’s computers. You can read my review of this book about the unfortunately short life of Lady Lovelace here.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/12/16/a-calculating-woman/
  
The Last Train to London
The Last Train to London
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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4.75/5 to be precise! Author Meg Waite Clayton’s newest novel is a biographical, historical, women’s fiction novel about Geertruida Wijsmuller, aka “Tante Truus” who was instrumental in getting thousands of children out of Nazi Germany via the Kindertansport. This powerful and important novel was just released and I hope you’ll read my #bookreview of it on my blog now. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/09/13/saving-a-whole-world/