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Elizabeth Speller
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The Return of Captain John Emmett
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2010
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33 editions
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The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton
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2011
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16 editions
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The First of July
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2013
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19 editions
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Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
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2002
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7 editions
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The Sunlight on the Garden: A Memoir of a Family in Love, War and Madness
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2006
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5 editions
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Rome: A Granta City Guide
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2005
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2 editions
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Granta City Guide Athens: A New Guide
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2007
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2 editions
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The Hedge of Thorns
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2017
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6 editions
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Athens: A New Guide
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2004
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2 editions
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At Break of Day
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The Isle is Full of Noises
I love the Scops owl; small enough to sit on a human hand - about 5” high - with a hooked beak and expression of utmost ferocity, it clearly has no idea that it is not as impressively fierce or as romantically Gothic as its many cousins.
...Meanwhile, Igor, the white dog next door on the goat-and-chicken smallholding (equally unaware of how small and, in his case, fluffily unimpressive, he is) ope Read more of this blog post »
...Meanwhile, Igor, the white dog next door on the goat-and-chicken smallholding (equally unaware of how small and, in his case, fluffily unimpressive, he is) ope Read more of this blog post »
“He had long been indifferent to which side won; he wished only that one or the other would do so decisively while he was still alive.”
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“The Romans learned what European armies were to discover hundreds of years later: that the best-trained and best-equipped fighting force in the world might come to grief against partisans fighting on their own territory and for a cause for which they would willingly sacrifice themselves and their families.”
― Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
― Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
“Think not lightly, therefore, O Hadrian, of what I am saying. Boast not that you alone have encircled the world in your travels, for it is only the moon and stars that really make the journey around it. Moreover, do not think of yourself as beautiful and great and rich and the ruler of the inhabited world. Know you not that, being a man, you were born to be Life’s plaything, helpless in the hands of fortune and destiny, sometimes exalted, sometimes humbled lower than the grave. Will you not be able to learn what life is, Hadrian, in the light of many examples? Consider how rich with his golden nails was the king of the Lydians. Great as a commander of armies was the king of the Danaans, Agamemnon; daring and hardy was Alexander, king of the Macedonians. Heracles was fearless, the Cyclops wild and untamed, Odysseus shrewd and subtle, and Achilles beautiful to look upon. If fortune took away from these men the distinctions that were peculiarly their own, how much more likely is she to take them away from you?”
― Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
― Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
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“The Romans learned what European armies were to discover hundreds of years later: that the best-trained and best-equipped fighting force in the world might come to grief against partisans fighting on their own territory and for a cause for which they would willingly sacrifice themselves and their families.”
― Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
― Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire
“There was a young man who said "God
Must find it exceedingly odd
To think that the tree
Should continue to be
When there's no one about in the quad."
Reply:
"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd;
I am always about in the quad.
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God.”
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Must find it exceedingly odd
To think that the tree
Should continue to be
When there's no one about in the quad."
Reply:
"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd;
I am always about in the quad.
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God.”
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