B- Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / America / England / Historical / Historical fiction / Restoration England / road novels2 Comments
The latest comic novel from Christopher Buckley, a hapless Englishman embarks on a dangerous mission to the New World in pursuit of two judges who helped murder a king. London, 1664. Twenty years after the English revolution, the monarchy has been restored and Charles II sits on the throne. The ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / doctor hero / dysfunctional family / England / fairy tale retelling / family relationships / France / Historical / Netherlands / painter / War / Military1 Comments
Her life is the inspiration for the world’s most famous story. Lucinda, a penniless English orphan, is abused and exploited as a cinder-sweep by her aristocratic relatives. On receiving her sole inheritance—a pair of glass-beaded slippers—she runs away to France in pursuit of an officer on whom she has a ... more >
Book Reviews / D Reviews17th-century / countess / France / Historical fiction / historical romance26 Comments
Dear Serge and Anne Golon, I have long heard about Angelique, your big romantic bestseller from 1957, when I was a little kid in the ‘80s. Even in the ‘80s, the books from the series always sat moldering on shelves in the used bookstores of my hometown, and they looked ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / Christmas / courtship / England / Historical1 Comments
This is the heart-warming story of how three of the Kitson children help the wealthy merchant woo their older sister Annaple with a different gift for each of the twelve days of Christmas – with hilarious results! But as the house groans at the seams with partridges, calling birds, swans, ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / Art / art history / Artists / Cat Videos / cats / English-Civil-War / Historical / hotels / non-fiction4 Comments
Catakism by Jeff Lazarus Do you bow to the meow? Are you one of the 70 million people who devote time and income to grooming, feeding, coddling, photographing, praising, and “entertaining” Cats? Does your Facebook page have more photos of your Cat than of your siblings? Do you buy furniture ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / England / English-Civil-War / family relationships / Historical / Widowed Heroine7 Comments
In the aftermath of the Civil War, England lies quiet, for now… The war left much of the country ravaged and at Wintercombe, in Somerset, the St Barbe family was not left untouched. But peace is short-lived, as Charles II gathers support in Scotland to once again bring war to ... more >
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