Lucifer returns in this second story from Mark Gatiss and it is just brilliant stuff. Would love a book that fills in the gap between this and the first story but I guess we can't have it all. Love it.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit was written in 1900 and has stood the test of time very well. Generations of children have loved the story of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck among others and treasured the books of Beatrix Potter. It is up there among the greats of children's literature with Wind in the Willows, The Water Babies, Peter Pan, Treasure Island and many others.
In these days of computer games and electronic toys of one kind or another, books sadly are sometimes not as high on the list as they were a few years ago, perhaps that is why literacy in schools is not all that it could be. Personally as a child books were always my first love and Christmas would not have been the same without a Rupert annual.
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She has magical gadgets and plenty of pluck. The only question I would have is why be a blonde, like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears -- when you could be like Liv Tyler or C. Zeta-Jones? Otherwise, cool mystery and great adventure. I can't wait for the others!
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I nearly put this book 'back on the shelf' when I first picked it up, but perservered and have enjoyed it.
On the downside, it had me grinding my teeth at all the anachronisms. In 3500BC no-one rode horses, they were still too small. Tin bronze was probably 500 years in the future, at best there would have been arsenic bronze, but we are barely out of the chalcolithic at this date, even in the proto-urban zone. Some of the weaponry was too advanced (cut and thrust swords in an era when sickle swords would have been the norm, possibly rapiers) and so on. Technologically, I think this story should have occurred around 600BC.
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This was a wonderful and gripping book, I read it under a week, although I did stay up half the night and set the alarm early in the morning to get through it. Although not always historically accurate, it is a work of fiction. Clare seemed to go from one disaster to another in the 1700's, each time I felt completely on the edge of my seat wondering if she would escape relatively unharmed. The love scenes were equally descriptive!! Just got the next 3 books to read, can't wait.
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Puzzling riddles, clever anagrams, and hidden meanings in names make this one of Caroline Lawrence's most fun-filled additions to her popular Roman Mysteries series!
As with all her books in the series, The Scribes from Alexandria offers us a glimpse into the ancient world -- this time finding our dauntless detectrix, Flavia Gemina, traveling through Egypt, hot on the trail of a runaway scribe from the famous Library of Alexandria.
Caroline Lawrence even provides an accompanying, illustrated "Latin Alphabet in Hieroglyphs" so that you can try your hand at being a scribe by writing your own name in ancient Egyptian style.
This book is another triumph for Caroline Lawrence -- and another joy for her readers!
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When I checked this book out of the local library, my favorite librarian looked concerned. Based on her knowledge of my reading habits, she was dubious that I would like Sharpe's Tiger. Knowing her reading tastes, I soon realized that the book is far too bloody, raw, and unrestrained for her delicate sensibilities. If you like your adventure stories to be pretty antiseptic in protecting you from grisly reality, this book won't be for you. If, on the other hand, you enjoy feeling like you are there and experiencing the story, you'll adore Sharpe's Tiger.
The year is 1799. The place is Mysore in India. Richard Sharpe is a relatively untested private who is good at thinking and acting quickly. After Sergeant Bickerstaff dies, Sharpe becomes first in ... Read More:
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Read Wallace Breem or William Alteri or Iggulden first.As one reviewer has pointed out,the trouble with this book is that it relfects too much the way roman history is taught in the British educational system.Somehow the Brits have never gotten used to the fact that the Romans conquered Britain.Not only that,but the Romans did not like the uneducated savages they found there.So they proceeded to build roads,houses,towns,bridges,waterways,baths,etc and to teach the locals how to read;write,count;knit,medicate,cook,make wine etc to bring them up to the standards of Roman civilisation.But the British educational system has never gotten over the fact that the Romans conquered Britain and so continues to portray the Romans as "bad","corrupt" and so on.And blithely ignores ... Read More:
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My son has all of the Astrosaur books and particularly enjoyed this as it was given as a Christmas present. He loved that the book involved (to him) the best two things at that time Father Christmas & Astrosaurs!!
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