Saturday, 21 March 2026

Homecoming 2 (Pages 83 - 120)


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New Book - Homecoming by Kate Morton (Pages 1 - 83)

 

First Published: April 4, 2023

The book starts with the prologue on New Year's Day in 1959 in Adelaide Hills. 

La Batalla de los Arapiles - Characters


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La Batalla de los Arapiles - Facts

 


This book is about the Battle of the Arapiles near Salamanca. The Battle of Salamanca (in Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22 July 1812. An Anglo-Portuguese army under the Earl of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles, south of Salamanca, during the Peninsular War.

La Batalla de los Arapiles 3 - The End (Pages 106 - end)

 

RATING: VERY GOOD

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Tuesday, 10 March 2026

New Book - The Impossible Fortune - Thursday Murder Club 5 - by Richard Osman (Pages 1 - 214)

 

First Published: September 30, 2025

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The members of the Thursday Murder Club return. In the last book Stephen, Elizabeth's husband, died, and she has been mourning his loss and hasn't been herself. 

Londres. 1891- Facts

 

One of the girls that are kidnapped is Alice, Queen Victoria's granddaughter. Princess Alice (25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981), was a member of the British royal family. She was the longest-lived princess of the blood royal, and one of the longest-lived British royals. Princess Alice was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria, the sister-in-law of Queen Mary, and the first cousin of Queen Mary's husband, King George V, and was the sister of Charles Edward the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.