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‘Dear Stephen,’ he begins. ‘This is a difficult letter to write, but I know it will be a great deal more difficult to read. I will come straight to it. I believe you are in the early stages of dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s.’ Elizabeth can
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“This is the first time he has been alone for such a long period of time. Not lonely: that emotion is a familiar friend. One of the things the last few years has taught him is how lonely it is possible to be while surrounded by an entire regiment of men.”
― Last Letter from Istanbul
― Last Letter from Istanbul
“So why the Covenant of Genesis?’ ‘Maybe they were big fans of Phil Collins,’ Chase suggested. Nina managed a small laugh, then shook her head in puzzlement. ‘I don’t get it.”
― The Covenant of Genesis
― The Covenant of Genesis
“Then de Montfort, resplendent in liturgical robes as well as his own arrogance, walked back to the altar where the mass continued.”
― The Angel of Death
― The Angel of Death
“She would have to watch herself. What was it that Bishop Vídalín once wrote? Rage kindles an inferno in the eyes; a feeling she knew only too well.”
― The Darkness
― The Darkness
“is an interesting link between Edward II’s favourites and the English royal family in the last decade of the twentieth century. After Gaveston’s death, Edward chose a new favourite, the very sinister but able Hugh de Spencer, whose tomb can still be seen in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire. De Spencer’s control over the young king led to civil war between Edward and his Isabella. The Queen was victorious. De Spencer died a horrible death and, according to unpublished chronicle, the Commons took an oath never to allow a de Spencer to become King. The present”
― The Prince of Darkness
― The Prince of Darkness
Margaret’s 2025 Year in Books
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65 books
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22 books
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93 friends
98 books
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