This is excellent. Bit slow and scholarly to start, but soon kicks off. I prefer the author's non-fiction to his fiction.
Reading Coming up for air now, very good. Thanks for the recommend. I prefer Orwell's fiction to his non-fiction.
I read that along with all Orwell’s other non-fiction and essays about 30 years ago. Imagine what else he would have produced if he’d not died so young.
I read a lot of Orwell at college, about a billion years ago. Enjoying the reread. The chapters concerning the main character’s youth/boyhood are just brilliant and so relatable.
Very much enjoyed reading Lone Rider by Elspeth Beard. It puts my many ‘long distance’ rides into perspective as timid little adventures.
Getting stuck into this now. Fascinating book, it does take some bandwidth keeping up with the progeny's burning, pillaging and head lopping. Proper royals in those days...
It doesn’t help that nearly all the men are called Edward and the nearly all the women are called Matilda. As an aside; I once did a trial where every single person involved - that is the defendant, his employer (who he was accused of stealing from), a fellow employee and the employer’s accountant (both witnesses) - were all named Pratikumar Patel
That's true. Even the author has realised he should keep reminding the reader which Henry or Edward he is referring to.
I’ve just finished reading (in Spanish) ‘Plomo en los bolsillos’, (Lead in the pockets) a short history of the Tour de France. A highly enjoyable retelling of the tricks and stunts of the first few years up to the doping scandals of the Armstrong years and slightly beyond.
This one just arrived for a friend for Christmas, i'm big fan and might read a few pages before in goes into the Christmas wrapping...................no one we ever speak to me again after this post.
Huge admirer also. 'The Strange Death of Europe' is on my to read list. Perhaps not one for the pinkos...
