An American Woman Anthony Trollope wrote forty-seven novels, forty-two short stories and five travel books.
A New Year Resolution I am and have almost finished reading Olivia Manning’s, The Balkan Trilogy: The Great Fortune, The Spoilt City and Friends and Heroes.
The Angel’s Game I recommend the novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez of which I have so far read only a few – see posts passim*.
Masters of the Universe These are the last two books I read, although I only read the first thirty pages of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.
Between the Sheets of Arthur Bryant For about five years I rented the Orangery in the grounds of Basildon Park.
Book at Bedtime It’s been on Radio 4 for as long as I can remember; hardly surprising since it started in 1949.
Banana Bread and Books If you like a cup of milky tea with a slab of moist banana bread this is the reading list for you.
Going, Going, Gone The old joke is you find gentlemen trying to be auctioneers at Christie’s; at Sotheby’s it’s the other way round. So you may be surprised Sotheby’s, 1744, is the senior; Christie’s is an upstart founded in 1766.