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by Alaric
Sun July 19th, 2009, 4:17 pm
Forum: By Author's Last Name G-L
Topic: Claudius, by Douglas Jackson
Replies: 5
Views: 1360

Thanks for the review, I've got this and Caligula on my TBR.
by Alaric
Sun July 19th, 2009, 4:07 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: July 2009: What are you Reading?
Replies: 247
Views: 15602

Still reading A Clash of Kings. In fact, I haven't read much of it ... I've had other things to do in the last week or so and haven't done a whole lot of reading, so I'm only about 150pg in.
by Alaric
Sun July 19th, 2009, 4:02 pm
Forum: Movies, Television, Radio, and Music
Topic: What Movies Have You Seen Lately?
Replies: 3275
Views: 224949

The Black Balloon.

Australian film about a young man whose brother has severe autism and ADD. Wasn't bad, if a little confusing.
by Alaric
Sun July 19th, 2009, 3:55 pm
Forum: By Author's Last Name A-F
Topic: The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Replies: 10
Views: 8392

The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell

(a long overdue review - two years late!) http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/662/thewinterking.jpg “The Winter King,” by Bernard Cornwell (512p) The Winter King is the first in a trilogy of Bernard Cornwell’s take on the King Arthur legend. Cornwell’s telling of the King Arthur legend is a “historical...
by Alaric
Tue July 7th, 2009, 9:54 am
Forum: Member Announcements
Topic: Historical Tapestry blogiversary!
Replies: 8
Views: 865

Congratulations. :)
by Alaric
Tue July 7th, 2009, 9:43 am
Forum: Chat
Topic: These Poor Books!
Replies: 3
Views: 717

I once received one from amazon.co.uk (Lords of the North) that had been bent while shipping. It looked like a rhombus. I couldn't be bothered sending it back though and found a way to bend it back right with some very thick encyclopedia's.
by Alaric
Tue July 7th, 2009, 9:34 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: July 2009: What are you Reading?
Replies: 247
Views: 15602

"A Clash of Kings," by George R.R. Martin
by Alaric
Sat July 4th, 2009, 1:55 pm
Forum: Philippa Gregory
Topic: The White Queen
Replies: 228
Views: 23051

Ah, right, I see what you mean. I didn't read the excerpt and assumed literal truth as certainly in that period 22 is well into adulthood.

22 is a good age to be anyway. :p
by Alaric
Sat July 4th, 2009, 12:25 pm
Forum: Philippa Gregory
Topic: The White Queen
Replies: 228
Views: 23051

[quote=""boswellbaxter""]That didn't bother me so much, since I suppose that Elizabeth, who's about five years older than Edward and not well disposed toward the Yorkists, could think of him as a boy--at first, at least.[/quote] Wasn't Edward IV approaching his mid 20s when they married? I wouldn't ...
by Alaric
Sat July 4th, 2009, 12:13 pm
Forum: By Author's Last Name G-L
Topic: Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden
Replies: 4
Views: 3901

On his site forum Iggulden wants to do another three to the end of Kublai Khan's life. There is 35 years to cover before Kublai even came to power, but I do believe the next one is completely devoted to Ogedai.

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