Maggie Davies
Burned at the Stake?
It is tempting to dream of being magically transported into the past. Not, of course, to be Anne Boleyn, kneeling on the scaffold...
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Maggie Davies
Oct 18, 20223 min read
The Daughter of Time by Josephone Tey
I first read The Daughter of Time as a teenager and it fueled a lifelong fascination with history and an interest in Shakespeare's...
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Maggie Davies
Oct 5, 20222 min read
The Late Hilary Mantel
In the spring of 2015 I wrote the following post in my writing group's blog (ninevoices.wordpress.com) and the sad demise of Hilary...
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Maggie Davies
Sep 5, 20223 min read
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
'At the first gesture of morning, flies began stirring. Inman's eyes and the long wound at his neck drew them, and the sound of their...
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Maggie Davies
Nov 21, 20211 min read
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
There are books that you want to read a second time and Jung Chang's Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is one. I read the story soon...
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Maggie Davies
Aug 25, 20212 min read
CECILY - by Annie Garthwaite
Before reading this book I was already aware that Cecily Neville - granddaughter of John of Gaunt and the mistress who subsequently...
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