#StorySettings catch up.
It‘s been a while since I read this book where Queen Elizabeth “escapes” her handlers & duties for a bit & gets on a #Train to Scotland incognito in a hoodie in order to see the former Royal yacht.
pickThis was very well done. I like David Mitchell‘s droll humour and he writes well about the subject. No endnoting, but the further reading list contains some good sources. I ended up buying the audio immediately afterward with a spare Libro.fm credit 😄
📚 Several, but all just a sense of peace and joy and adventure of new finds.
📚 📚 Thriftbooks mostly, or used bookstores/library sales.
📚 📚 📚 tagged. The Favored Queen
#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs
pickIf you find history is often dry but you‘re interested in learning more in a different way, look no further than this history book written by a comedian! Yup, correct historical information presented in a way you will snort-laugh your way through (at least I did). This book is a hoot!
bailedI had to bail it after I went to another two chapters. This is definitely not a good book for an audiobook. I could not follow half of the thoughts because a zillion of names have been mentioned. I am pretty sure in ghe printed version there‘s a deawing of a family tree or something, but to follow the branches of a family without the possibility to see it does not work. And then this weird computerized voice. Not my thing. 🤦♀️
This ebook sounded very interesting but the recording sounds like an automatic computer reading out the text. I am not sure if I will be able to listen to it for another 15 hours even though I am really interested in the topic. It is just too difficult to listen to. 🙈
pickSometimes i read a book about one historic period and it makes mention of preceding events i know next to nothing about, so then i have to read another book! This is about William of Orange and Mary, daughter of James II, who after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 became joint monarches of England. This had just the right level of detail for me - thorough but included enough personal and domestic detail to stop it being too dry. A fascinating read
Recent Penguin Monarchs acquisitions (only $2 each!):
📖 Stephen by Watkins
📖 Henry II by Barber
📖 Richard I by Ambridge
📖 Henry III by Church
📖 Henry VI by Ross
📖 Edward IV by Pollard
#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead
pickIf Bill Bryson used cuss words and wrote a book about the British monarchy, this would be it. Funny, irreverent, and I afraid of finding the hilarity in a whole system that claims a gold hat makes you a ruler. The book flits between the facts of each monarch but doesn‘t go too deep with any of them. Come for the history, stay for the humor.
