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Recountings: Musketeers (and trifles)

My second readolution is finished. The Three Musketeers was a hybrid read - I read about a third of it in paperback and finished the rest in ebook format. I know, I know. How terrible of me. I feel no guilt. I have loosely watched the BBC adaption of The Three Musketeers and so had… Continue reading Recountings: Musketeers (and trifles)

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Recountings: in memory of the elephants

Take a dash of daring do, throw in a bit of casual racism, a pinch of beautiful prose and a dollop of nail biting tension and what do you have? King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard ***There Be Spoilers Ahead*** Look, let's get the 'casual racism' out of the way. Yep, I know that… Continue reading Recountings: in memory of the elephants