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"I have read books about parts of the Second World War, but I want the big picture. Who better to draw that picture than Max Hastings, who if not The GOAT of war historians, is at least one of the members of the flock of great ones." — Jan 06, 2026 06:33PM
"I have read books about parts of the Second World War, but I want the big picture. Who better to draw that picture than Max Hastings, who if not The GOAT of war historians, is at least one of the members of the flock of great ones." — Jan 06, 2026 06:33PM
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"Like many people of my political persuasion, I am finding life in the United States to be appalling, unbearable, and almost hopeless.
Not that it will solve any problems, but listening to the warm tones of Alex Wyndham’s voice is guaranteed to help me feel better." — Sep 17, 2025 12:08PM
"Like many people of my political persuasion, I am finding life in the United States to be appalling, unbearable, and almost hopeless.
Not that it will solve any problems, but listening to the warm tones of Alex Wyndham’s voice is guaranteed to help me feel better." — Sep 17, 2025 12:08PM
“My grandfather is dying,” Antonia announced flatly. “He has gone to Saint-Germain to die, not to hunt or debauch, but to die. He is old and infirm and his time it has come. So be it. You think me unfeeling to speak the truth? Well, it is
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“Your average genre novel is like a high speed car chase ending in a massive crash, with death, destruction, and balls of flame, from which the main characters (usually) emerge mostly unscathed. Everything builds up to the crash, and it’s the anticipation that keeps us turning pages.
Anthony Trollope, by contrast, is like a pleasant Sunday afternoon drive through the countryside in an open carriage behind a pair of matched horses. There’s conflict, sure; a herd of sheep blocks the road, two countrymen come to blows outside the pub, the cows in this field are looking daggers at the cows in that field. But the point of the drive is the drive itself, not the destination, because of course you’re just going to end up at home anyway.”
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Anthony Trollope, by contrast, is like a pleasant Sunday afternoon drive through the countryside in an open carriage behind a pair of matched horses. There’s conflict, sure; a herd of sheep blocks the road, two countrymen come to blows outside the pub, the cows in this field are looking daggers at the cows in that field. But the point of the drive is the drive itself, not the destination, because of course you’re just going to end up at home anyway.”
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“Rather than fall completely under his spell, she huffed, “I should like to see you submissively fond of your wife. Given your professed opinions, I cannot expect much fondness from you as a husband, can I?”
“Fondness, yes. Ridiculous, romantic, calf-eyed love, no, you may not,” he confirmed. “But when I am fond, Bess, I am very fond.”
― The Baron's Betrothal
“Fondness, yes. Ridiculous, romantic, calf-eyed love, no, you may not,” he confirmed. “But when I am fond, Bess, I am very fond.”
― The Baron's Betrothal
“Perhaps you have friends already who laugh when you do,’ she said diffidently. ‘I haven’t, and it’s important, I think – more important than sympathy in affliction, which you might easily find in someone you positively disliked.’ ‘But to share a sense of the ridiculous prohibits dislike – yes, that’s true. And rare!”
― Venetia
― Venetia
“How long did it take her? People usually react to her fairly swiftly—either love or hate, there’s rarely an emotion between. A day? A week?”
He thought of Free the way he’d first seen her: standing on the bank of the Thames, leaning forward.
“Two to five,” Edward muttered.
“Days?”
“Minutes.”
― The Suffragette Scandal
He thought of Free the way he’d first seen her: standing on the bank of the Thames, leaning forward.
“Two to five,” Edward muttered.
“Days?”
“Minutes.”
― The Suffragette Scandal
“I shall be much obliged to you, cousin, if you will refrain from telling my sisters that she has a face like a horse!’
‘But, Charles, no blame attaches to Miss Wraxton! She cannot help it, and that, I assure you, I have always pointed out to your sisters!’
‘I consider Miss Wraxton’s countenance particularly well-bred!’
‘Yes, indeed, but you have quite misunderstood the matter! I meant a particularly well-bred horse!’
'You mean, as I am perfectly aware, to belittle Miss Wraxton!'
'No, no! I am very fond of horses!' Sophy said earnestly.
Before he could stop himself he found that he was replying to this. 'Selina, who repeated the remark to me, is not fond of horses, however, and she—' He broke off, seeing how absurd it was to argue on such a head.
'I expect she will be, when she has lived in the same house with Miss Wraxton for a month or two,' said Sophy encouragingly.”
― The Grand Sophy
‘But, Charles, no blame attaches to Miss Wraxton! She cannot help it, and that, I assure you, I have always pointed out to your sisters!’
‘I consider Miss Wraxton’s countenance particularly well-bred!’
‘Yes, indeed, but you have quite misunderstood the matter! I meant a particularly well-bred horse!’
'You mean, as I am perfectly aware, to belittle Miss Wraxton!'
'No, no! I am very fond of horses!' Sophy said earnestly.
Before he could stop himself he found that he was replying to this. 'Selina, who repeated the remark to me, is not fond of horses, however, and she—' He broke off, seeing how absurd it was to argue on such a head.
'I expect she will be, when she has lived in the same house with Miss Wraxton for a month or two,' said Sophy encouragingly.”
― The Grand Sophy
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