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My Reading Journal 2
Thoughts and notes about the books I am reading. My entries are not book reviews but just my personal thoughts and opinions about what I'm reading at the moment. The entries obviously contain SPOILERS.
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Sunday, 20 September 2026
Saturday, 19 September 2026
New Book - The Boscombe Valley Mystery - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4 - by Arthur Conan Doyle
RATING: GOOD
First Published: October 1, 1891
Watson gets a note from Sherlock Holmes, asking him to accompany him on a trip to solve a mystery.
Friday, 18 September 2026
Shot With Crimson - Facts
The book starts in the summer 1917. The narrator is Daphne du Maurier when she was a young girl and visited Milton Hall, the house that inspired her idea of Manderley.
Thursday, 17 September 2026
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Golden Age Ladies: Women Who shaped the Courts of Henry VIII and Francis I - 4 The End (Pages 141 - end)
After Anne Boleyn's execution, Lancelot de Carle wrote a poem about her life and death, which upset Henry VIII. Lancelot de Carle (also Carles) (c. 1508 – July 1568), Bishop of Riez, was a French scholar, poet and diplomat. Carle was an eyewitness to the trial and execution of Anne Boleyn, Queen consort of Henry VIII, and shortly afterwards, he wrote a poem detailing her life and the circumstances surrounding her death.
Monday, 14 September 2026
Golden Age Ladies: Women Who shaped the Courts of Henry VIII and Francis I - 3 (Pages 107 - 141)
Margaret, Francis I's sister, married Henry D'Albret, Count of Bearn and King of Navarre, and she became the queen of Navarre. In her previous marriage she had not had children, so she thought she was barren, but Margaret had two children, a daughter, Jeane D'Albret, and a boy who died.
Sunday, 13 September 2026
Golden Age Ladies: Women Who shaped the Courts of Henry VIII and Francis I - 2 (Pages 32 - 107)
Francis I became king after Louis XII's death. Francis I (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son.
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