Books, History and Television
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry Review This is a book that has been pretty difficult to ignore. It’s been everywhere the past few years, I can’t remember the last time I went into a bookshop and didn’t see it there displayed somewhere. It helps that it has the most beautiful cover that draws... Continue Reading →
After neglecting to do a post in March on my woman of the month, I thought I would make up for it this month by looking at two incredible women from the Romantic period who became incredibly successful poets: Felicia Hemans and Letitia Elizabeth Landon. I love poetry from the Romantic era, but it annoys me... Continue Reading →
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gower Book Review I’m back! After completing my dissertation at the end of March I decided to take some time off, and while I did intend to write and publish some posts, the motivation was just not there. I wanted to clear my head and take some time... Continue Reading →
My favourite books by women, about women in history. There’s so many posts I wanted to write for today, which hopefully I will at some point. For now, however, I’m sticking to these ones in particular, as these have shaped my outlook on history, and remind me that there is hundreds and thousands of years... Continue Reading →
February has been a month mostly dominated by course reading, but that should change next month hopefully! Even so, the books for my course this month have been incredibly interesting, so I've been quite lucky this month. Howards End by E.M. Forster: Rating Five Stars “Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will... Continue Reading →
"That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show." Ada Lovelace 1815-1852 I can still remember clearly when I first read about Ada Lovelace. There was a chapter dedicated to her in Jenni Murray’s A History of Britain in 21 Women (amazing book btw). The great thing about that book, was... Continue Reading →
It’s been afrustrating few weeks where nothing is progressing the way I want it to. There’s been a lot on, in terms of trying to get a full draft of my dissertation done by the end of the month, my seminar workload has steadily increased, not to mention the three essays I need to write... Continue Reading →
It’s not been a bad start to 2018 reading wise. My Goodreads challenge is 45 books, and so far thankfully I'm on track, which I'm hoping I can keep it up throughout the year. I've read 4 books, half for pleasure, and half for my course, so I’m please there’s been a healthy balance between... Continue Reading →
Anne Brontë is my woman of the month for January, and for a follow up post to celebrate her I thought I would express my admiration for her first novel Agnes Grey. I’ve written quite a bit on The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, but think it is the perfect time to express my love for... Continue Reading →
