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Caroline Taggart

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I was an editor for 30 years before Michael O’Mara Books asked me to write what became I Used to Know That. I think its success took everyone by surprise – it certainly did me –but it led to my writing a lot of other books and finally, after about three years, feeling able to tell people I was an author. It's a nice feeling.

The book I'm most proud of is my latest, The Book of London Place Names (Ebury), partly because I am passionate about London and partly because, having written ten or so books before that, I finally felt I was getting the hang of it.

My latest venture is my first into a continuous narrative. I’m travelling the country investigating, writing about and eating cake. Well, it's a living. ...more

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	I Used to Know That 3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Grammar and I... Or Should That Be Me?: How to Speak and Write It Right by Caroline Taggart (Goodreads Author), J.A. Wines 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Classics: All You Need to Know, from Zeus's Throne to the Fall of Rome 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Classical Education: The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught in School 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Apple A Day 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Does a Bear Sh*t in the Woods?: Answers to Rhetorical Questions 3.05 of 5 stars 3.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of London Place Names 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blackboard Books Boxed Set: I Used to Know That, My Grammarand I...OrShould That Be Me, and I Before E (Except After C): I Used to Know That, I Before E. My Grammar and I by Caroline Taggart (Goodreads Author), J.A. Wines, Judy Parkinson 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Answers to Rhetorical Questions. Caroline Taggart 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

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Caroline Taggart is currently reading: The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Caroline Taggart rated a book 4 of 5 stars Capital by John Lanchester read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is various stories linked into one, the link being that they are all involved with Pepys Road, South London. There's a wealthy banker and his spendthrift wife, whose lives start coming a cropper when his annual bonus turns out to be £970,000 les...more
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Caroline Taggart rated a book 5 of 5 stars Something Fresh (Blandings Castle, #1) by P.G. Wodehouse read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Joy in the morning (to quote another Wodehouse title). What a joy to discover a Wodehouse I hadn't read, and to find that it was the first of the Blandings novels. There are lots of familiar characters missing –most notably the prize pig Empress of B...more
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Caroline Taggart marked as to-read: Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die: The Assassination of a British Prime Minister by Andro Linklater	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Caroline Taggart marked as to-read: The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Caroline Taggart rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Red House by Mark Haddon read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It‘s said that someone once said to Joseph Heller that he had never written anything as good as Catch-22. ‘Who has?’ he replied. Mark Haddon is going to have the same problem throughout his career –not many people will ever write anything as good as...more
May 11, 2013 12:54am · see review
Caroline Taggart rated a book 4 of 5 stars Shakespeare's Restless World by Neil MacGregor read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book –the only reason I don't give it five stars is that there is an element of overlap between the chapters, which makes it not ideal for reading at a sitting. But if you read only one or two at a time, it goes back to being wonderful....more
May 05, 2013 08:31am · see review
Caroline Taggart rated a book 3 of 5 stars Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3) by C.J. Sansom read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have to confess I only quite like the Shardlake novels, because I don’t find the central character sympathetic. But there is much fascination in the plot of this one. It revolves around the (apparently genuine) question of whether or not Henry VIII...more
May 05, 2013 08:23am · see review