Medium – Audiobook About the Book – In the Lyceum Theatre, three extraordinary people begin their working lives together – Henry Irving, the key leading man and theatre impresario; Ellen Terry, the most desired actress of her generation; and Bram Stoker, the unremarkable theatre manager and eventual writer of ‘Dracula’. The story follows Bram throughContinue reading “2021 Book #56 – Shadowplay”
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2021 Book #55 – Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World
Medium – Book About the Book – Mark Aldridge takes us through the appearances of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, from his genesis in 1920 to the latest Poirot film, ‘Death on the Nile’ released in 2021. For each appearance of Poirot, he discusses the ways in which the character is presented – from his evolution throughContinue reading “2021 Book #55 – Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World”
2021 Book #54 – Scythe
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Set hundreds of years in the future, the world has evolved to the point where there is no death, no hunger, no war and no poverty. The world is ruled by ‘The Thunderhead’, the evolved form of ‘The Cloud’, which takes care of the world and the peopleContinue reading “2021 Book #54 – Scythe”
2021 Book #53 – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Medium – Book About the Book – Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia live in a version of 19th century Britain which never existed, which is full of wild wolves that rule the countryside and hunt people. Bonnie’s kind parents, Sir Willoughby and Lady Green leave to go on a sea voyage to improve Lady Green’sContinue reading “2021 Book #53 – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase”
2021 Book #52 – Ghost Wood Song
Medium – Book About the Book – Shady Grove is a fiddle player who has, with the help of her father’s fiddle, inherited his gift to call ghosts from their rests. Playing the fiddle is dangerous though, and she is hunted by the ‘Shadow Man’ who hunts her in her nightmares and starts to hauntContinue reading “2021 Book #52 – Ghost Wood Song”
2021 Book #51 – The Volunteer
Medium – Book About the Book – Witold Pilecki is an underground operative working in Poland during the Nazi Occupation in 1940. During this time, to live in Poland was terrible, with those who were seen as intellectuals, as well as priests, homosexuals, the disabled and Jews, taken to concentration camps – of which oneContinue reading “2021 Book #51 – The Volunteer”
2021 Book #50 – A Very English Scandal
Medium – Audiobook About the book – This book tells the story of Jeremy Thorpe and Norman Scott. Thorpe was the leader of the Liberal Democrat party during the sixties and seventies, but was caught up in a scandal around his previous romantic relationship with Norman Josieffe (Scott), a male model. The book is describedContinue reading “2021 Book #50 – A Very English Scandal”
2021 Book #49 – A Study in Emerald
Medium – Book (Graphic Novel) About the Book – Set in a cross-over world of Sherlock Holmes and the Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos, we meet the detective and his staunch companion, a wounded soldier. They are called to the murder of a member of the royal family, a creature with tentacles, green blood and a ‘faceContinue reading “2021 Book #49 – A Study in Emerald”
2021 Book #48 – Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder
Medium – Book About the Book – Marion Lane is an Apprentice Investigator at Miss Brickett’s Investigations and Inquiries, a detective agency which is located in a huge underground complex located under the City of London. One night, a murder is committed inside the complex, meaning that one of Marion’s co-workers must be a murderer.Continue reading “2021 Book #48 – Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder”
2021 Book #47 – The Austen Girls
Medium – Book About the Book – The Austen Girls tells the stories of two of Jane Austen’s nieces – Fanny, the daughter of her rich brother, and Anna, the daughter of one of her poorer brothers. The two girls are thrown into the marriage market and must make their way through it, trying toContinue reading “2021 Book #47 – The Austen Girls”
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