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Cynthia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Cynthia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Cynthia Sally Haggard
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in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom
November 03
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March 2011
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Interview with Deal Sharing Aunt
As part of my tour with Bewitching Book Tours, I did an interview with Deal Sharing Aunt.
As she has not yet posted it, I thought I would take the opportunity to share it with all of you.
Enjoy!
What literary pilgrimages have you gone on? I try to visit all the places that I discuss in my novels. My first novel, THWARTED QUEEN is set in Northern England, so I went there on a visit in 2007 with my hus
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TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY is one of John Le Carré’s most famous novels. Having read all of his George Smiley novels up until that point, I was expecting great things. I was to be disappointed. This was not due to the plot. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY ...more |
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Although the Victorian part of this novel takes place primarily in 1849, the novel itself actually opens ten years earlier, in 1839. Sixteen-year-old Imogen Hadley, the daughter of a vicar in out-of-the-way-but-lovely Cornwall, is absolutely besotted ...more |
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| CIRCLE OF DAYS tells the enthralling story of the building of Stonehenge. Fifteen-year-old Seft is a miner, who works down the pit mining flints with this father and two brothers. Unlike his relatives, Seft is a peaceable fellow, who is looking for a ...more | |
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| Lady Beatrice Gillecote is the kind of young lady who wafts through life on a cloud of expensive perfume, exuding effortless elegance. Her poor-relation cousin Miss Adeline Gillecote knows that she can never compete. However, far from feeling a simme ...more | |
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Alison’s Weir’s recent book THE CARDINAL, an historical novel about Thomas Wolsey (1471-1530), sheds light on the personality of Henry VIII. If, like me, you are used to seeing Henry as the paranoid monster of his later years, you will be very surpris ...more |
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Minette Walter’s debut novel, THE ICE HOUSE (published 1992) opens with an arresting discovery of a decomposed body found in...you guessed it, the ice house. Lady of the Manor Phoebe Maybury lives with her female companions Diana Goode and Anne Cattre ...more |
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| When I find a writer I like, I read nearly everything they’ve written from beginning to end. And this series about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes continues to deliver. Author Laurie King’s debut novel of this series ~ THE BEEKEEPER’S APPRENTICE ~ w ...more | |
“I wonder,” said Angelina, sitting on the loveseat next to Violet, “if he is mentally fragile.”
“What do you mean?” said Violet.
“He fought in the war,” replied Angelina. “He might fall apart, fly off the handle, go off the rails…”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
“What do you mean?” said Violet.
“He fought in the war,” replied Angelina. “He might fall apart, fly off the handle, go off the rails…”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
“Mr. Russell, don’t you think I’m too young for you?”
His eyes flashed as his face hardened into a mask.
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
His eyes flashed as his face hardened into a mask.
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
“Russell’s lips were just framing an expression of disapproval when Grace stepped around Violet. His pupils expanded, making his dark eyes look even darker. There was something almost greedy in this look he bestowed on Grace.
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Historical Fictio...: May 2012 Challenge- Spring Clean those shelves! | 76 | 139 | May 14, 2012 10:15PM | |
| Making Connections: 196. ROSE OF RABY by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 9 | 46 | Jun 19, 2012 07:16AM | |
| Making Connections: 201. THWARTED QUEEN by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 11 | 47 | Jun 22, 2012 06:46AM | |
| Making Connections: 199. THE GILDED CAGE (Thwarted Queen #3) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 11 | 42 | Jun 22, 2012 08:57PM | |
| Making Connections: 200. TWO MURDERS REAPED (Thwarted Queen #4) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 10 | 46 | Aug 09, 2012 12:04PM | |
| Making Connections: 197. THE BRIDE PRICE (Thwarted Queen #1) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 25 | 83 | Aug 11, 2012 12:11PM | |
| Making Connections: 198. ONE SEED SOWN (Thwarted Queen #2) by Cynthia Sally Haggard | 17 | 52 | Aug 11, 2012 12:33PM | |
| Crazy Challenge C...: July 2014 Spell Challenge ★ The Star Spangled Banner | 177 | 95 | Sep 12, 2014 11:17AM |
“I intend to marry her,” he said, without turning around.
“Not if I have any say in it.”
“What makes you think she will listen to you? You have nothing to offer her. I have enough funds to provide for a wife and family. I could take her to Italy, to Venice. She could perform with the best musicians in the world.”
“You are not marrying her.”
“How are you going to stop me?”
“You will have to walk over my corpse.
--Farewell My Life, Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
“Not if I have any say in it.”
“What makes you think she will listen to you? You have nothing to offer her. I have enough funds to provide for a wife and family. I could take her to Italy, to Venice. She could perform with the best musicians in the world.”
“You are not marrying her.”
“How are you going to stop me?”
“You will have to walk over my corpse.
--Farewell My Life, Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
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“He wasn’t quite what you’d hoped for, was he, Mother dear?” remarked Violet.
“I was trying to help you,” said Angelina, her cheeks warming.
Violet folded her arms and gave her a look.
“I’m never going to invite him again.” Angelina weaved unsteadily on her high heels as she made her way towards the stairs and the privacy of her dingy room.
“You won’t have to,” replied Violet. “He’ll be back.
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
“I was trying to help you,” said Angelina, her cheeks warming.
Violet folded her arms and gave her a look.
“I’m never going to invite him again.” Angelina weaved unsteadily on her high heels as she made her way towards the stairs and the privacy of her dingy room.
“You won’t have to,” replied Violet. “He’ll be back.
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
“A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.”
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“What would happen if he returned and asked permission to be Grace’s suitor? Well, she would not stand for it. Per l’amor di Dio, for the love of God, Grace was only seventeen, and it was the height of rudeness to abandon the mother for the daughter. If he did return, she would see that he was sent away.
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
― Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia
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