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Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
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Rachel Elwiss Joyce
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in The United Kingdom
March 05
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The Sky is Falling! Halley's Comet, the Bayeux Tapestry, and the Four Portents in ‘Lady of the Castle’
On This Day in History, 1066 and the Terrible Portents in Lincoln, 1185
In the spring of 1066, something extraordinary blazed across the English night sky. For several weeks, a brilliant comet hung over England, visible even in daylight, trailing a luminous tail that stretched across the heavens like a wound in the fabric of the world. People stopped in the streets to stare at it. Monks recorded i
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Lady of Lincoln: A Novel of Nicola de la Haye, the Medieval Heroine History Tried to Forget (The Nicola de la Haye Series Book 1)
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I really enjoyed reading this book. Easy, unpretentious prose (which I like), dual timeline (always fun), witches (again, always fun), a myth, and a touch of Shakespeare. To be honest, I’ve never seen or read the ‘Scottish Play’ but we’ve all heard ab ...more |
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Rachel Joyce
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Stephie Allesia's review
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Lady of Lincoln: A Novel of Nicola de la Haye, the Medieval Heroine History Tried to Forget (The Nicola de la Haye Series Book 1):
"I devoured this book. I love strong women in history, and the author deftly drew me into the story of Nicola de la Haye, the Lady of Lincoln.
Nicola is a born leader who is deeply loyal and struggles against the constraints of the time and her gender" Read more of this review » |
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Helen Foster's review
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Lady of Lincoln: A Novel of Nicola de la Haye, the Medieval Heroine History Tried to Forget (The Nicola de la Haye Series Book 1):
"Fantastic characterisation, pacy plot and imaginatively accurate historical setting. Couldn’t put this one down. Gripping, fascinating and compelling. Real drive to find out what happened next in this somewhat unexplored and exciting period of histor"
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