( Cry, the Beloved Country )

Everyone talks about Evelyn Waugh, although usually they're discussing Brideshead Revisited. But I've wanted to read his fictional biography of Saint Helena ever since our rector put the prayer Waugh had her pray to the Magi in our Epiphany order of service. The prayer has a good deal more punch after reading the whole story-and I say that as ( Read more... )

This is the last 2013 review; expect my 2014 list of ten to be posted in the next couple of days.

( The Source )

This one took about 10 weeks to get through! I might have to miss out one of the books off my list after all.

( The Resurrection of the Son of God )

jd3000 likes writing historical stuff, so he's offered to write LJ posts as if a historical character had written them.

I asked for Florence Nightengale. :-)

It's awesome.