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Cynthia Sally Haggard
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I am a fan of Ken Follett and I’ve enjoyed reading several of his novels, including FALL OF THE GIANTS. So I was looking forward to reading WINTER OF THE WORLD, but it didn’t seem up to his usual standard.What struck me first was how Mr. Follett’s prose is riddled with tells. Now, I have written a lot about this subject before, and readers of my previous posts know that I’m not against tells... read more »
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Thwarted Queen
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Two Murders Reaped (Thwarted Queen, #4)
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The Gilded Cage (Thwarted Queen, #3)
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One Seed Sown (Thwarted Queen, #2)
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The Bride Price (Thwarted Queen, #1)
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Rose of Raby
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An excerpt from THE GILDED CAGE, which is Book 3 of my novel THWARTED QUEEN.
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My blog post Friday May 27 on Spun Stories
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| Giles MacDonogh’s book 1938: HITLER’S GAMBLE was an interesting eye-opening book, which focuses on what happened in Austria to the Viennese Jews after the Anschluss. I found this book interesting precisely because the typical treatment of this materi...more | |
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If you want a vivid portrayal of England during the Wars of the Roses, you should read this book. Helen Castor has done a wonderful job of putting the Paston Letters into context, both historical and familial, so that in reading this book it is not on...more |
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| One problem for any kind of writer is what to do about that character, or that person, who is not very talkative. Fiction writers have more tools in their toolbox for dealing with this issue. After all, one can always write the story in the first-per...more | |
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To the Bitter End: An Insider's Account of Operation Valkyrie and the Plot to Kill Hitler
by Hans Gisevius
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TO THE BITTER END: AN INSIDER’S ACCOUNT OF THE PLOT TO KILL HITLER 1933-1944 is an interesting take on Hitler and his dictatorship, written by someone who was a quiet maverick and mischief-maker, and also a somewhat unreliable narrator. Hans Bernd Gis...more |
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Travels in the Reich, 1933-1945: Foreign Authors Report from Germany
by Oliver Lubrich
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| This volume performs the feat of looking at Nazi Germany in a new way. TRAVELS IN THE THE REICH, 1933-1945: FOREIGN AUTHORS REPORT FROM GERMANY is an anthology of the letters, diaries, personal reflections and excerpts from published works by authors...more | |
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THE SEVEN BASIC PLOTS by Christopher Booker is a provocative book. The basic idea is that any story can be boiled down to one of seven plots: Overcoming the Monster Rags to Riches The Quest Voyage and Return Comedy Tragedy Rebirth What is excellent about thi...more |
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| REAL WORLD SAFETY FOR WOMEN by Christine Schlattner and Michael Linehan is one of those books that every woman should own, and should lend to their daughters. It is a well organized, well thought out book, that starts with psychological issues and gr...more | |
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| Historical Fictio...: May 2012 Challenge- Spring Clean those shelves! | 76 | 125 | May 14, 2012 10:15pm | |
| Making Connections: 196. ROSE OF RABY by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 10 | 46 | Jun 19, 2012 07:16am | |
| Making Connections: 201. THWARTED QUEEN by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 11 | 47 | Jun 22, 2012 06:46am | |
| Making Connections: 199. THE GILDED CAGE (Thwarted Queen #3) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 11 | 42 | Jun 22, 2012 08:57pm | |
| Making Connections: 200. TWO MURDERS REAPED (Thwarted Queen #4) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 10 | 45 | Aug 09, 2012 12:04pm | |
| Making Connections: 197. THE BRIDE PRICE (Thwarted Queen #1) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 25 | 80 | Aug 11, 2012 12:11pm | |
| Making Connections: 198. ONE SEED SOWN (Thwarted Queen #2) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 17 | 51 | Aug 11, 2012 12:33pm | |
| Historical Fictio...: Featured Author Group Reads- 2012 | 62 | 320 | Jan 14, 2013 04:14am | |
| Ancient & Med...: War of the Roses-Richard III in particular | 36 | 114 | May 17, 2013 11:21am |
“People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and prose, and people have always delighted in it.”
― Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
― Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
“Not all superstitions are dark and cruel. I once received a communication from the god Osiris. He was living at that time in a suburb of Boston.”
― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays
― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays
“Man is a rational animal. So at least we have been told. Throughout a long life I have searched diligently for evidence in favor of this statement. So far, I have not had the good fortune to come across it.”
― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays
― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays
“It is the Land of Truth (enchanted name!), surrounded by a wide and stormy ocean, the true home of illusion, where many a fog bank and ice, that soon melts away, tempt us to believe in new lands, while constantly deceiving the adventurous mariner with vain hopes, and involving him in adventures which he can never leave, yet never bring to an end.”
― Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
― Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
“Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster.
This is the whole of the story and we might have left it at that had there not been profit and pleasure in the telling; and although there is plenty of space on a gravestone to contain, bound in moss, the abridged version of a man's life, detail is always welcome.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Laughter in the Dark
This is the whole of the story and we might have left it at that had there not been profit and pleasure in the telling; and although there is plenty of space on a gravestone to contain, bound in moss, the abridged version of a man's life, detail is always welcome.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Laughter in the Dark
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