Category: Books

The Legend of Black Vaughan

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Hereford’s Diocesan Exorcist must encounter a legacy of evil within the crumbling walls of an old hotel along with memories of murder… ‘Merrily has become an ever more engaging protagonist, a passionate, flawed modern women every bit as concerned with the intricacies of crime as she is with demons that go bump in the night.’ […]

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Cluj-Napoca

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OK. Cluj keeps coming up in my research right now. I’d never heard of it before. So I searched. You’ll never guess where it is!!!!!! NO CLUES! WTF? Go away Bram Irishman Stoker. Stop haunting me :o(   Wiki : Cluj-Napoca    

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Happy New Day/Decade/Year

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I was gifted a link a few hours ago. TY very much. Sooooo appreciated. A summary of Tolkien’s work with the Eddas. I had The Hobbit read to me when I was a child and loved it. Watched the first two LOTR films. Go, Go, Viggo. But haven’t really touched Tolkien since. Nor GoT even […]

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The Remains of an Altar

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I’ve mentioned Phil Rickman and Merrily Watkins before. I’ve read all but two of his books and all of his Merrily books bar the latest one. And if I’ve got this next bit wrong, someone, somewhere will correct me, but here goes. Check this book out. Ghosts on bikes. The lady exorcist. The Welsh borders. […]

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Christina of Sweden

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The groundbreaking biography of one of the most progressive, influential and entertaining women of the seventeenth century, Christina Alexandra, Queen of Sweden. In 1654, to the astonishment and dismay of her court, Christina Alexandra announced her abdication in favour of her cousin, Charles. Instrumental in bringing the Thirty Years War to a close at the […]

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The Grail Cypher

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This one is a particular fave of mine. I keep it in the bedroom to read……….often!   *** The Grail Cypher *** A radical reassessment of Arthurian history by Ralph Ellis . ** New expanded 2017 edition ** • The history of King Arthur was modeled upon the life of Jesus. • Jesus-Arthur had twelve […]

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Mary Magdalene in Provence, France

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I’m pretty sure – but haven’t actually checked – that I have every book that Ralph Ellis has written. I won’t cite all the titles but there are a few. This one is a doozy. Disclaimer : Timelines are wobbly. Opinions are fluid. No clocks in heaven etc. I still value Every Invaluable word he […]

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Eiríkr Magnússon & William Morris

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of […]

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Too Salient not to Quote

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Written by Allegra Printz : “The Ring (Wagner’s opera and the ancient stories) speaks to such current experiences as the need for the old order – “ancient fires” – of the Piscean Age to recognise and yield to the incoming qualities of the Aquarian Age in an energetic transition due to the precession of the […]

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Prose Poem

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The illustration above comes from the original epic poem (which is really prose) that I’m reading now. I have Never come across this before but it is a beautiful gift that’s a bit (!) addictive :o) The TBR pile just fell over. M’eh!   The poem, strangely enough, is not set in Georgia, but in […]

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