by David West | Apr 14, 2026 | Readers Club
Clouds Over Paris is the diary of Felix Hartlaub, a German lance corporal serving in Paris in late 1940. He had studied history at the University of Heidelberg then gained his doctorate at the University of Berlin. He was employed doing archival research for the...
by David West | Dec 26, 2025 | Readers Club
What can I say about Karla and Karla’s Choice? I posted recently about having read John Le Carre’s George Smiley series in the correct order. I have just reread Karla’s Choice, having read it in the summer. Now it makes much more sense. It is written by Nick...
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...
