I was talking to some people the other day and they all suggested a book called the testamnet of Gidean Mac. I don't even know if thats how its spelt anyone read it? anygood?
I was talking to some people the other day and they all suggested a book called the testamnet of Gidean Mac. I don't even know if thats how its spelt anyone read it? anygood?
Yes, but there was a lot of mistakes though, especially in the chapters concerning YorkshireOriginally Posted by ZootHornRollo
Typical Lancastrian!
The next book 'Aventures On The High-Teas' was quite fun as well
All that said, he's a damn good radio presenter, & I still miss his Saturday afternoon show on Radio 2, but listen to him & Mark Radcliffes evening show whenever humanly possible
I recently read All Quiet on the Western Front. Cried a bit on the train at one pointI seem to have a thing about books set in war times, I am not sure why. I read Birdsong by Sebatian Faulks too, that is one of my faves.
Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson - absolutely brilliant book, get it and read it!
Adventure on the High Teas is the one I was thinking of! not actually read Pies & Prejudice...The next book 'Aventures On The High-Teas' was quite fun as well
All that said, he's a damn good radio presenter, & I still miss his Saturday afternoon show on Radio 2, but listen to him & Mark Radcliffes evening show whenever humanly possible
you know he does a Sunday eve show called Freak Zone on BBC 6 Music?
You would very probably like Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy then OTW.I recently read All Quiet on the Western Front. Cried a bit on the train at one point
Ooo will put them on my listI have nearly read all the books on my pile.
well go for 'Regeneration', the first, which was made into a film
it stands alone as a novel so you don't need to read all three, although they might have been published in one volume iirc
Love Birdsong too OHW. As for war themed books and sobbing on trains, I was blubbing like a good'un to Birds Without Wings, another de Bernieres book (& loose prequel to Captain Correlli).I recently read All Quiet on the Western Front. Cried a bit on the train at one point
As for history, Jodg and I exchanged a couple of crackers: The Collapse of British Power by Corelli Barnett and Warsaw Rising. Still got to swap back
Bought from one of those cheapy chain bookshops (Books Warehouse?) this weekend, a book called A Lifetime of Mountains. A collection of the fortnightly Country Diary pieces written for the Guardian by A. Harry Griffin.
Never heard of this chap, nor these articles before, but they're a cracking read. Genteel, but really evocative of the landscapes and people and cover a 50yr period - so really illustrate the changes in his home turf of the Lakes and beyond.
Bargain at £2.99.
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