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| An astonishing window into early 17th century seafaring. The search for spice inspired barely credible feats of exploration, with every direction of the compass tried by competing interests to find the fastest route to the (now) Indonesian islands wh ...more | |
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| Well, I admit I gave up on this by page 60. It is the fifth in a series and I should have paid more attention before picking it up; a lot of back story must be in the earlier novels that I now have no intention of reading. Of course the series title ...more | |
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| I have read most GMF books several times. This time I think not. I agree with most of the reviews that it was unevenly paced, dull in places, absurd in others and yet touching when it described the days leading up to WW1. A must for Flashman scholars ...more | |
"Memories, fossils, rock pools
There was just enough mystery, just enough insightful reflection on the relationships we have with our own childhoods, a touch of exploration on what happens when staid, male academics meet live-wire, unhappy women – do o " Read more of this review » |
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| Don't be put off by the title, this is a fascinating descriptions of family life in mid-Victorian England. (Not Dickensian slums, no satanic mills, just the worms turning in pastoral Downe.) Evokes the humanity of Charles Darwin with touching portrai ...more | |
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| As a Canadian, I was familiar with the ill-fated expedition of the Erebus and Terror to the Northwest passage, illumined by the recent discovery of the wrecks. It tends today to be cast today as colonialist adventure, ill-prepared and scorning tradit ...more | |
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| A reminder for those hankering after the life of the Newfoundland outports. God no! But the book, its characters, language and evocation of that bleak coast are marvellously imagined. | |
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| Original, and set in rural England in the late 18th century. The book draws one in to strange lives in a disconcerting world where enlightened rationality is struggling with superstition and magic. Loved the trip. | |
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| Loved this book. Brings post-war northern Ireland to life and shows why so many of us left. It is an amazing story. And the dialogue in that harsh accent comes across as genuine, perfect for the cold and wet. God help the travellers. | |
“It seemed as if the stars were watching him like the eyes of countless spiders, the black maw of the slide waiting for his slightest movement, its mud tongue preparing one last swallow to engulf him.”
― The Leda: the geological obsession of Dr. Argile
― The Leda: the geological obsession of Dr. Argile
“It seemed as if the stars were watching him like the eyes of countless spiders, the black maw of the slide waiting for his slightest movement, its mud tongue preparing one last swallow to engulf him.”
― The Leda: the geological obsession of Dr. Argile
― The Leda: the geological obsession of Dr. Argile