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The Pleasures of Men, by Kate Williams
Another great book by a graduate of and now lecturer at Royal Holloway (where I went). Must be something in the water… I’d been eyeing this book for a while on Amazon and GoodReads, and finally bought...
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Best of 2012: The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams
The Pleasures of Men was one of the few books this year I actually bought of my own volition, having been too late for the review copies. It appealed to me so much that I wanted to read and review it...
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The Crimson Ribbon by Katherine Clements
Katherine Clements takes the real life figure of Elizabeth Poole, and transforms her into her own character in The Crimson Ribbon. Poole was known during her life time (1622 – post 1668) as a religious...
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The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Well, well, well… hello again Sarah. We have all missed you. I don’t remember when I first decided I loved Sarah Waters. We studied Affinity for a course about the modern novel at university, so maybe...
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An Evening with Sarah Waters at the Bodleian
Sarah Waters’ new novel, The Paying Guests, came out last week on 28th August, and of course it was amazing. I was very lucky to be sent an early copy, and also that I managed to nab a ticket to the...
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