Edinburgh through and through.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://picturesandconversations.co.uk/2020/02/14/the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie-by-muriel-spark/

Just gripping storytelling.

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Historical fiction at its very best.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://picturesandconversations.co.uk/2020/09/13/the-great-revolt-by-paul-dowswell/

These books by Michael Gerard Bauer remain amongst my favourite teenage novels.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://picturesandconversations.co.uk/2013/04/11/ishmael-by-michael-gerard-bauer/

Julia Green's latest novel might have been written as a response to COVID-19.  But it wasn't.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://picturesandconversations.co.uk/2020/09/26/the-children-of-swallow-fell-by-julia-green/

The final episode in this series considers a book about the career I chose.

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Still travelling, this time with children.

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I found this book to be both interesting and perplexing.

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Not much story but I did like the details setting it firmly in history.

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Hester finally makes it to sea.

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