When you pick up a book it’s interesting to see how long you give it to prove its worth. I usually let things go until around 100 pages and ...

The look and feel of the blog hasn't changed for a couple of years and I'm thinking that maybe it's time to have a look at what ...

You know when someone is angry because they become repetitive but this book starts to get to its central theme when Eva recalls the conversa...

As the relationship between Eva and the old housemaid Edith is reopened the story of what happened to those Jews that stayed in Berlin throu...

So this biography written by one writer with a great deal of passion and care about another comes to an end. The role of the King is vital t...

Wolf Hall is calling me as it sits there almost shouting out ‘600 pages are not going to read themselves’. But before we get to that... This...

Everytime I go through Paddington station for work I see the little Paddington stall and think of the bear. I enjoyed watching the TV series...

Pushing it too far, with the backing of the King who seems to be happy to see Moliere score a few points as he goes down in flames, fortune ...

What starts to become clear about Moliere is just how talented he was not just in penning comedies that were box office hits but in terms of...

What you have to admire about Bulgakov and his treatment of this biography is the light touch. He manages to get from birth to 30 in as many...

It seems like a long time ago since the first half of this book was read but you pick it up and delve straight back into the tight relation...

Have no fear the ending will not be revealed. What can safely be said is that the last third of the book is much more enjoyable than what pr...

As the book settles down and gets past the half way mark you are juggling three time periods. The life of the grandfather who shortly after ...

Having spent the day yesterday at the British Museum learning about all things Egyptian this was one of the only bookmark's to do with t...

“I sewed my jewels into the seat of a chair.”..... “What? Seventy thousand roubles worth of jewellery hidden in a chair! Heaven knows who ma...