Conquist 2
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Conquist 2 Online Arena: A mind blowing take on strategy games Challenge your friends wherever they...
Merissa (12681 KP) rated The Huntress (Tales of Pern Coen: Bloodlines #2) in Books
Mar 14, 2023
A blast from Conor's past makes herself known but the war has changed both of them. Rhian is just coming into her own strength so will she fight for Conor if needed?
I thoroughly enjoyed book one and commented on the mix of Celtic names and fantasy places. This one is even better, with more details given about the Spirits of the land and what they represent.
This series definitely gives me a Roman Empire vs. the Druids of Mona feeling, with a better outcome for the druids, hopefully!
The ending was absolutely wonderful. The only thing I wanted was a bit more into the ending of a certain sorceress. It just felt as though it was over a bit too quickly, as in, blink and you miss it. Not enough for me to knock a star off though.
A fantastic partner to The Hunter and HIGHLY recommended by me.
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Excalibur (The Arthurian Chronicles, #1)
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The sword has the power of Britain in its steel, men will follow and fight for whoever wields it......
Vienna: A Cultural and Literary History
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From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's...
The Melencolia Manifesto
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Few artworks have been the subject of more extensive modern interpretation than Melencolia I by...
Making Amulets Christian: Artefacts, Scribes, and Contexts
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Making Amulets Christian: Artefacts, Scribes, and Contexts examines Greek amulets with Christian...
Antony and Cleopatra
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The epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of...
Beautiful Words: A Dictionary
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As English has evolved over the past 1,500 years, words that were once in common usage have slipped...
David McK (3547 KP) rated Hearts of Stone in Books
Feb 9, 2022
Until recently, I've tended to avoid his few works that are more contemporary in nature, only recently (towards the end of last year) reading Blackout as I felt they were 'too close' (if that makes sense) for comfort for me in that there are still people alive who lived through the setting.
I must admit, I did quite enjoy Blackout so thought I would also give this a go, due to the roughly the same (WW2) setting.
This novel flits back and forth between then and 'now' (of 2013), as the descendants of the main 1940s settings character start to discover more about their ancestors - in particular, as history teacher Anna uncovers the story of her maternal grandmother Eleni, who participated in the Greek resistance on the island of Lefkas during 1943.
The whole had-a-German-friend in 1939 thing almost seems incidental to the story (he's not), until roughly about the final third.
And yes, I did pick up on the arguments in favour of teaching history (a subject I did, mostly, enjoy in school) passages.
Christmas: A Biography
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Christmas has been all things to all people: a religious festival, a family celebration, a time of...
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