I actually have that book coming in the mail.Started The Troop by 'Nick Cutter'. So far, so good. Starting out kind of like Dreamcatcher, but I know that's going to change.....(and I seem to get hungry while reading it.....)
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I actually have that book coming in the mail.Started The Troop by 'Nick Cutter'. So far, so good. Starting out kind of like Dreamcatcher, but I know that's going to change.....(and I seem to get hungry while reading it.....)
I am reading a fiction about the American Revolution lolReading The French Revolution by Christopher Hibbett. There is a lot i don't know about it. Of course i know of some of the most dominant names like Danton, Robespierre, Marat, Desmoulins and so on but how they entered and exited the revolution i was not very clear about (for me it is a very recent history, i mostly read about things much further back in time). It is strange story about a revolution that ate its own children, they mostly did not survive the revolution. And it has a little swedish interest too for one of Napoleons generals, Bernadotte, got unfriendly with him about 1804 and ended up becoming King of Sweden instead. His line are still sitting on the swedish throne. It has started well but it is only the beginning yet. Both the king and queen are still alive.
Reading The French Revolution by Christopher Hibbett. There is a lot i don't know about it. Of course i know of some of the most dominant names like Danton, Robespierre, Marat, Desmoulins and so on but how they entered and exited the revolution i was not very clear about (for me it is a very recent history, i mostly read about things much further back in time). It is strange story about a revolution that ate its own children, they mostly did not survive the revolution. And it has a little swedish interest too for one of Napoleons generals, Bernadotte, got unfriendly with him about 1804 and ended up becoming King of Sweden instead. His line are still sitting on the swedish throne. It has started well but it is only the beginning yet. Both the king and queen are still alive.
I'm thinking one of the reasons the american revolution succeeded and the french more kind of ate itself (after all it ended with an emperor instead of a king) is because the american had an enemy(the english) to unite against. In tthe french the king was to weak to have that kind of function so all the different positions that were the french revolution fought eachother instead and in due course killed eachother and woke up suddenly to find themselfes ruled by an emperor (Napoleon). Probably not what the people who argued for weeks and months about what should be written in the constitution thought the future would be.I am reading a fiction about the American Revolution lol
And they ended up being a bad as the wealthy and titled .....only more so, in some cases.I'm thinking one of the reasons the american revolution succeeded and the french more kind of ate itself (after all it ended with an emperor instead of a king) is because the american had an enemy(the english) to unite against. In tthe french the king was to weak to have that kind of function so all the different positions that were the french revolution fought eachother instead and in due course killed eachother and woke up suddenly to find themselfes ruled by an emperor (Napoleon). Probably not what the people who argued for weeks and months about what should be written in the constitution thought the future would be.
Its a great book!I am reading Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier. 1st time for me.
on another nostalghia trip. Reading Jules Verne The Mysterious Island. Always been a fave of mine.
Started a series (4 books total thus far), The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch. Set in Germany 1660 and moving forward in time and adventures.
First book very interesting thus far.I have these on my Kindle but I haven't read them yet. How are you liking it so far?
(((Staro)))I am re-reading They Thirst for the umpteenth time. Sometimes I really need a book like I need comfort food....feeling a little low and yucky. I find this story can do that for me very well.
This, too, shall pass. HUGS!!I am re-reading They Thirst for the umpteenth time. Sometimes I really need a book like I need comfort food....feeling a little low and yucky. I find this story can do that for me very well.