http://www.myweeklybook.net The challenge: to read 52 books in one calendar year Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2011/05/08/daphne-du-maurier-by-margaret-forster/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2011/05/08/daphne-du-maurier-by-margaret-forster/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 13:40:56 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/?p=1189 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2011/05/08/daphne-du-maurier-by-margaret-forster/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:18:52 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/ Sense and Sensibility, Emma and the fragments Sanditon and The Watsons over the course of the last few months I had been promising myself a crack at this very well-received biography, published in 1997, next.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/04/20/jane-austen-a-life-claire-tomalin/feed/ 0 http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/02/13/gods-englishman-oliver-cromwell-and-the-english-revolution-christopher-hill/ http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/02/13/gods-englishman-oliver-cromwell-and-the-english-revolution-christopher-hill/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:02:09 +0000 The Bookworm http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/02/13/gods-englishman-oliver-cromwell-and-the-english-revolution-christopher-hill/ An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. This splendid historical thriller is set during the period in question - and made me realise how just little I actually knew about it. So off to consult the Googloracle and track down an authoritative biography of England's most recent military dictator. This brought me to the feet of Christopher Hill who in 1970 wrote this ground-breaking biography.]]> http://www.myweeklybook.net/2008/02/13/gods-englishman-oliver-cromwell-and-the-english-revolution-christopher-hill/feed/ 0