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| | Towards the end of this lovely book, the biographer's frustration is momentarily unleashed: If only her letters had survived! What might have been learned about Margaret's life during the Great War? (p.215) What indeed... In rescuing thestory ofthe botanical artist Margaret Flockton (1861-1953),Louise Wilson has done asterling job of celebratingFlockton's remarkable achievements, but the woman...
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| | If I were to rank the books I've read during the lifetime of this blog (and there are over 500 of them) in order of enjoyment, Eleanor Catton's The Rehearsal(2008) would be right at the top of the list. I bought it on a whim, knowing nothing about it; I was nearly put off by...
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| | As well as this blog, I've written about books for various other publications. Here are links to a selection of the longer pieces which are available online: Review of Crazy Genie by Inès Cag...
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| Oliver VII by Antal Szerb (1942) French title: Oliver VII Translated by Chantal Philippe. Oliver VII is my third Antal Szerb after Journey by Moonlight and The Pendragon Legend. We're in Alturia, a fictional country in Eastern Europe, a place that belongs to the former Austro-Hungarian empire. It's the kingdom of Oliver VII, a twenty-four-years...