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Matters of Inheritance and Love on the Brink of Waterloo

Deserted by Mary Lancaster

Beloved by Mary Lancaster

May 12, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Deserted – 4 stars Sophia thinks she’s escaped the clutches of her tyrannical cousins when she comes to be companion to the Duchess of Cuttyngham, even if it’s under strange circumstances. But when her employer makes her escape to Brussels and her family pursues her to her new home, Sophia is forced to turn to the icy but beguiling Earl of Frostbrook for help. This is the third book in The Duel series, which follows the fallout of the Duke of Cuttyngham’s death in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: 1800s, adventure, Belgium, England, historical, Mary Lancaster, mystery, Regency Romance, Romance, Waterloo

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: 1800s, adventure, Belgium, England, historical, Mary Lancaster, mystery, Regency Romance, Romance, Waterloo ·
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It just blew me away!

The Story of the Saxophone by Lesa Cline-Ransome

July 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I found the most interesting picture book about saxophones. Well, not so much about the instrument itself but how it all came to be. You see, The Story of the Saxophone is not as dull as you would think. And it did not start with the people who are famous for playing it. No, it started in the 1840s in Belgium of all places. Somehow, this odd looking contraption would make it across the ocean to Mexico and finally to New Orleans where Sidney Bechet and Charlie […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adolphe Sax, Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax, Belgium, instruments, James E. Ransome, jazz, Lesa Cline-Ransome, music, saxophone

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:504 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Adolphe Sax, Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax, Belgium, instruments, James E. Ransome, jazz, Lesa Cline-Ransome, music, saxophone ·
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History and its Bastards. Greedy, Greedy Bastards.

King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. by Adam Hochschild

The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple

May 29, 2023 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

I think I am going to spend my Memorial Day weekend writing about history. And it’s not going to be about the nice bits of history, either. I have been holding off on a number of these reviews because sometimes the subject matter was just a little too depressing. At best, we are dealing with a conga line of arseholes. At best. And at worst? Well, we’re dealing with some pretty bad ‘at worsts’ here…  The first book is Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost: A […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, adam hochschild, bastards, Belgium, Congo, East India Company. Clive you dickhead, EIC, India, king leopold's ghost, the Anarchy, the company, William Dalrymple

LittlePlat's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, adam hochschild, bastards, Belgium, Congo, East India Company. Clive you dickhead, EIC, India, king leopold's ghost, the Anarchy, the company, William Dalrymple ·
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