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Hello Simon. Though fantasy is not my cuppa, anytime I see your post I am somehow enliveded. I came to regard you as a friend (and I mean it, maybe because you are British. I am an anglophile- I am am even interested i Old and Middle English. In short, I love everything British (kill me if you will).
I have a lot what to read, but somehow I cannot get to it.
Now, I have trice deleted what I wrote. These are not easiest times for me. Keep on reading for me. Emily Dickinson wrote: If you want to travel far, there is not better ship than a book. Keep being a Brit. I would if I could. Simon, I even brew at five o'clock my PG's. Regards from a god forgotten country of a name Slovakia.

Roman T wrote: "Hello Simon. Though fantasy is not my cuppa, anytime I see your post I am somehow enliveded. I came to regard you as a friend (and I mean it, maybe because you are British. I am an anglophile- I am..."

Good evening Mr T. It is funny you should quote Emily Dickinson as that quote is also used in the first chapter of The Lost Bookshop. It is not really a fantasy book, more a story about lost people looking for something, and a bookshop that is there, but not really there.

I am sorry things are not good for you, I am sure things will get better soon. When you say five o'clock pg's do you mean PG Tips tea?

Nobody will ever forget Slovakia because we all know that Bratislava is the lost city of the vampire. 😉

Simon wrote: "Roman T wrote: "Hello Simon. Though fantasy is not my cuppa, anytime I see your post I am somehow enliveded. I came to regard you as a friend (and I mean it, maybe because you are British. I am an ..."Thank you for a kind reply. As to Tony, I haven't a clue. Maybe some glitch in goodreads.

And yes, I meant PG's as a British tea staple. But I don´t observe strictly five o'clock ritual, in fact I am partial to select Darjeeling or Ceylon 🙂. Anyway, about my bragging about Old and Middle English, you take it with a hefty pinch of salt. I have a collection of books about Anglo Saxons. I live in an area rife with history: ten miles from where I live is an roman inscription dating to 179 CE . It was northernmost Roman empire area, called Limes Romanum and the name of a roman soldier mentioned in that inscription had been found in a stela in Tripoli, Carthage. Seems like the world was small at that time. Moreover, two hundred yards from my yard have been excavated a bronze needle dating to early Bronze Age. It fills me with awe: the home I call home, had been called home by mane people before my time.
😕. Looking forward to hear for you, Simon.

Ah, history!! You would probably love where I live.. Northumberland. I live about 2 miles north of Hadrian's Wall, and of course Holy Island is just up the coast where they keep the Lindisfarne Gospels. I will say that Tudor Period is my favourite. You would probably enjoy the Bernard Cornwell Saxon Series, you may know these books already. I think the first one is. The Last Kingdom

Simon wrote: "Ah, history!! You would probably love where I live.. Northumberland. I live about 2 miles north of Hadrian's Wall, and of course Holy Island is just up the coast where they keep the Lindisfarne Gos..."
You are right, I would love it where you live. I've seen some photos, very scenic and romantic. Reminded me of paintings by a German Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich. In connection with Hadrian's Wall, I remember infamous felling of a majestic sycamore in the Sycamore Gap. The two villains could not even start to comprehend what they'd committed.
Holy Island was not known to me, so were not the Lindisfarne Gospels. Very beautiful.
Thank you for pointing me to the Saxon Series, they are new to me. They have whopping 13.5 books😱. I'll try to get my hands on The Last Kingdom.
Thank you Simon, for very informative post.

Roman T wrote: "Simon wrote: "Ah, history!! You would probably love where I live.. Northumberland. I live about 2 miles north of Hadrian's Wall, and of course Holy Island is just up the coast where they keep the L..."

You wrote in a previous post that Tudor Period is your favourite, there is now a book just out in paperback, Heroines of the Tudor World. I thought you might be interested.🙂

Roman T wrote: "Simon wrote: "Ah, history!! You would probably love where I live.. Northumberland. I live about 2 miles north of Hadrian's Wall, and of course Holy Island is just up the coast where they keep the L..."

Those men that cut down Sycamore Gap are a disgrace. They got 4 years in prison for their trouble. They did it for internet fame. I hope they make some new friends in the Prison Showers. 😉

Roman T wrote: "Roman T wrote: "Simon wrote: "Ah, history!! You would probably love where I live.. Northumberland. I live about 2 miles north of Hadrian's Wall, and of course Holy Island is just up the coast where..."

Thank you for the recommendation, I will check out the book, although I am not much of a non fiction reader. I do dabble sometimes though.

Simon wrote: "Those men that cut down Sycamore Gap are a disgrace. They got 4 years in prison for their trouble. They did it for internet fame. I hope they make some new friends in the Prison Showers. 😉"
People like this (if they deserve the right to be called as such) make me enraged and saddened at the same time. The worst is their ignorance, it makes me want to weep.
The damage cannot be undone, but scientist are said to have succeeded in cultivation a saplings from an old Sycamore. We just need to wait for some hundred years or so.
That is, unless in the meantime some chicken-brain would-like-to-be-famous swines decide to reenact the felling.