The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Thursday, 4 August 2011

Agatha Raisin: A Tenacious Sleuth

Having read MC Beaton’s Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death I forced myself to read another volume from the same series, just to see i...

Friday, 29 July 2011

The Hidden World Beneath London

"Tread carefully over the pavements of London for you are treading on skin, a skein of stone that covers rivers and labyrinths, tunnels...

Thursday, 28 July 2011

A Flying Nun and a Holy Apple

I had a review all ready to post – but I got sidetracked by my FB Saint of the Day, Our Venerable Mother Irene of Chrysovalantou, a ninth ce...

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Hackney: Fact or Fiction?

Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, A Confidential Report, by Iain Sinclair One can’t like everything one reads, and this book is proof of th...

Monday, 4 July 2011

Children of the Revolution

Well, as usual I seem to have left it a while before blogging, but I have sat down and spoken sternly to myself. It is no good, I said, sit...

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