by David West | Jan 25, 2025 | Readers Club
I met Rosemary at the Dartmouth Book Festival. I have just finished reading her book, and heartily commend it. The woman of noble wit in question is Katherine Raleigh née Champernowne, mother of Sir Walter Raleigh, amongst many others. The story starts gently, not at...
by David West | Mar 30, 2023 | Readers Club
I read this book yesterday. It’s a short book of poetry and only took me an hour and a half to read. Reading it is like gazing through the window of a dungeon and seeing the torment of a tortured soul. Although there are some places where my inner grammar policeman...
by David West | Nov 14, 2022 | Readers Club
I reviewed Senlac Book One here in Readers Club. It covered the political machinations leading up to the invasion of England in 1066. Book Two deals with the invasions of England themselves. Whilst William is attending to his invasion fleet in northern France, and...
by David West | Oct 19, 2022 | Readers Club
My main interest in this book is because my father was a Freemason. He never divulged the secrets he had sworn not to. The Craft does, although to what extent, I don’t know. It is a brilliantly written history of Freemasonry, from its beginnings in late 16th century...
by David West | Sep 21, 2022 | Readers Club
To write a book set around the events of 1066, would seem prone to the ultimate spoiler alert. I can’t say that I kept turning the page to discover who won. The triumph of this book is instead to immerse us in the politics and the everyday life of the time. We get...
by David West | Sep 11, 2022 | Readers Club
I haven’t posted for a few days. I thought perhaps a review for Readers Club of The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II, compiled by Karen Dolby would be appropriate. We have been so thankful for her tireless service, rightly so. She also had a wonderful sense of humour....
