The Dictionary People is a fascinating book. It started when Sarah Ogilvie discovered the address books kept by James Murray during the original Oxford Dictionary project. The Oxford Dictionary was a crowdsourced project. The dictionary’s methods were borrowed, half a century later, from those used in Germany and France. Continental philology had already produced considerable... Continue Reading →
I discovered Kate Mosse when reading The City of of Tears, which was volume 2 of the Burning Chambers saga. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to go back and read The Burning Chambers. The first book starts in 1562 in Carcassonne, and sets the scene for this saga with the story of... Continue Reading →
I very much enjoyed reading The City of Tears. I have not read the Burning Chambers and I did not feel as though I was missing part of the story but having enjoyed so much this novel, I have now embarked into the Burning Chamber too. The book is superbly written and researched. The reader... Continue Reading →
After the Burning Chambers and The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third part of the story that started when Minou Joubert was nineteen in 1562. In this third book, we follow the steps of Minou’s granddaughter Louise in the early 1600s. Louise has had a troubled childhood and this has made her... Continue Reading →
I enjoyed this book, both the story and the audiobook.When recently dismissed Mrs King sets her mind on taking everything out of the grand Park Lane house where she was employed, she needs allies to bring this heist to a successful conclusion. She brings together a whole team of colourful characters who all have their... Continue Reading →
I knew Hazel Gaynor from her book The Memory of Violets, which I had found really good. I was looking forward to reading her beautiful writing again. And I was not disappointed.This book is set in the early years of the Second World War, when London was bombed repeatedly. People were terrified. Whole neighbourhoods were... Continue Reading →
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