Michael Ridpath Operation Berlin Boldwood Books, April 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books, for this uncorrected proof for review. Having recently reread Michael Ridpath’s financial thrillers I found it difficult to change pace with this more elegant approach to murder. Operation Berlin has a certain charm, which grows as the narrative moves toward revealingContinue reading “Week beginning April 29 2016”
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Week beginning 3 August 2022
Thank you, NetGalley, for the uncorrected proofs for The Times They Were a-Changin’ 1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle Lines of Today Were Drawn, and The Second Wife and in exchange for honest reviews. Robert S McElvaine The Times They Were a-Changin’ 1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the Battle LinesContinue reading “Week beginning 3 August 2022”
Week beginning 27 April 2022
This week is an indulgence of Indian Pacific travel, and little else. Although I have read while travelling, I’ve been too busy to review those books. Instead, I include one from my NetGalley list. This is Judy Haydock’s The Lives of Diamond Bessie published by Spark Press, 2022 The Lives of Diamond Bessie is aContinue reading “Week beginning 27 April 2022”
Week beginning 24th March 2021
Book Reviews: Catherine McCormack, Women In the Picture Women, Art and the Power of Looking, Icon Books Ltd, London, 2021. McCormack provides a well researched and powerful analysis of revered paintings and sculptures that highlights the anti- woman approach of so much art in galleries around the world. Her feminist approach is a valuable contributionContinue reading “Week beginning 24th March 2021”
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