Still on my book about Henry III, son of John Lackland. But i read much slower now. Ir is because of the painkillers the doctors oredered me to take that makes me a bit more sleepy i think. But i think Henry was in need of a biography. He didn't have the personality of either uncle or his father but he did, in contrast to both of them, actually care about england as England. He was no great military talent but when he left over the ruling to his son, Edward I. he had managed, in babysteps, to create something resembling order from the chaos of John. Richard only saw England as a kind of wallet he could take money from so he could do what he wanted in Aquitaine which was home to him, something England never was. Henry had some luck because when he became King he was 9 years old and Prince Louis of france claimed the throne but on his side he had "The Greatest Knight Ever", William Marshall. He was 80 years old now but still managed to keep the king safe and chase out the french from England in two battles. The main reason the barons had rebelled in the first place was not that they disliked the monarchy but that they disliked John. They trusted Marshall. He is an interesting character, if there ever was a character that resembled Sir Lancelot it would be him.
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She certainly was!!! I have all of her detective novels in my bookshelves. Quite a lot......
Henry seemed like an interesting guy, had to contend with the Barons like John, luckily he had his son.
Marshall was the basis for the GOT character Selmy
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Ahead of the period she was writing in, no doubt about that, her books are brillaint, the plots though!
Hypothetical question for Kurben
I know that you know a lot about Longshanks and the other monarchs of England, but a hypothetical question for you, if an in his prime Edward Longshanks went up against Robert the Bruce in battle, who do you believe would have won, I know there are a lot of factors in a battle, but if you were to guess.
I know that you know a lot about Longshanks and the other monarchs of England, but a hypothetical question for you, if an in his prime Edward Longshanks went up against Robert the Bruce in battle, who do you believe would have won, I know there are a lot of factors in a battle, but if you were to guess.
Well, if they fighted one against one i think Robert the Bruce would come out on top. But if they both draw together armies i think, after a very bloody battle, that Edward would have the day. This presupposing that bot are prepared, noone manages to surprise the other.
That might very well have been the case, Edward actually had Robert the Bruce grow up at his court weirdly enough, him and Edward II were really good friends apparently, one of the great ironies of history. A lot of elements would have came into it, I doubt Bruce would have fought an open battle against Edward, so it is unlikely that they would have met even if they were in the same period, Bruce was more suited for guerilla tactics. If Bruce did go up against Edward then it would definately have been from a defensive tactic.
And she was great for so long time too. 20-ties, 30-ties, 40-ties and 50-ties are filled with great books. In the 60-ties they dont come as often even if they do occur there too.
The final novel for Poirot, Curtain, is a masterpiece. I imagine it was a shock when it was released.
She wrote both the final Poirot novel and the final Marple novel in, i think, the late 40-ties. So she was in her prime there.
Wonder why she waited before releasing it ...
No secret there. She deposited them in a safetybox with orders not to publish until after her death. She was, by this time rather tired of Poirot which is probably the reason for the way he exits. Her favourite was always Miss Marple but she never cheated so she continued to write avout him because she knew the public wanted some Poirot.
I am halfway through A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson, a Longmire book. And I just finished The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Awikawa. It was translated from Japanese so it was a little choppy in places but I enjoyed the story. Parts of it were told from the cat's POV and parts from the person's. It is definitely a story that needs tissue warnings! Had me bawling at the end. It is a nice representation of how all fur baby lovers feel about our animals and how they feel about us. And about relationships we have with other people throughout our lives. I recommend!
Let me know how The Unwilling is. One I definitely need to get.
Kurben Many of the generals involved in the War of the Three Kingdoms actually fought for Sweden in the Holy War.
Have you read Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams? It's a wonderful furbaby story told from the POV of cats. Highly recommended!
Tad Williams is one of my favourite authors, I haven't read this one though and will look out for it too.
Got hold of a collection of short stories by John Ajvide Lindqvist that i havent read. He is swedens master of strange and horrific tales and if you haven't read him i think he is worth a try. Let The Right One In is a masteroiece and Handling the Undead, Harbour and Little Star are also good novels of his.
The Chill - Scott Carson aka Michael Koryta
I haven't started this one yet but will as soon as I'm done with the last story in If It Bleeds. I found out about this a couple of weeks ago (maybe here - I don't remember). It wasn't on my radar because Michael Koryta is using a pseudonym for this one. I think it's been out 2 or 3 months.
I haven't started this one yet but will as soon as I'm done with the last story in If It Bleeds. I found out about this a couple of weeks ago (maybe here - I don't remember). It wasn't on my radar because Michael Koryta is using a pseudonym for this one. I think it's been out 2 or 3 months.