To his chief minister he once ‘lamented the state of princes… in marriage’ for ‘princes take as is brought to them by others’ while ‘poor men be commonly at their own choice and liberty’. Oddly enough, Henry was in many ways an incurable romantic. Since Henry went on to divorce his fourth wife, beheaded his fifth, and contemplated arresting his sixth on capital charges of heresy, the Duchess’s scepticism was amply justified. The six-week New York Times bestselling history of the legendary six wives of Henry VIII-from an acclaimed biographer. Henry’s ambassador protested that his master was ‘the most gentle gentleman that liveth’, but at this the Duchess found it hard to keep a straight face. The latter could summon little enthusiasm, for she had heard that Henry’s first wife ‘was poisoned, that the second was innocently put to death, and the third lost for lack of keeping in her childbed’. When Henry was combing the Continent for a woman willing to become his fourth wife, English diplomats opened negotiations for the hand of the attractive young Duchess of Milan. Even in his own lifetime, King Henry VIII became notorious throughout Europe for his serial marriages.
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His gaunt look, often wild arms and hips flailing, many have tried to copy Curtis yet his demeanour and iconic figure will never be bettered, Kevin was in the right place at the right time to capture these stunning moments. Similarly the band on stage showcase a ramshackle kind of affair, nothing like the lavish setting the band took on when filling out stadiums when New Order were formed, it’s Ian that takes centre stage, his silhouette lights up the book in many forms. The band are often shown as hunched over with their long winter coats trapsing through the back streets. Then there’s a signed edition all for the measly sum of £30, which is not to be sniffed at.Īs you know from Kevin’s work with Joy Division, his work depicts Manchester in it’s grim, suburban and down trodden state, a bygone era. There’s a 100 only edition that includes 8 x 10 photo print of Ian Curtis which isn’t featured in the book, housed in a cloth bound foil stamped clamshell box. There are a number of editions for your consideration, but be quick as some might be close to being sold out. This new edition features previously unseen contact sheets with fascinating detail, newly conducted interviews with surviving band members plus additional material and archive. Fans of Joy Division and New Order will be overly joyed to see a reissue of the long since out of print Kevin Cummins book Juvenes which was originally published in 2007. Everyone she interacts with struck me as far too cavalier about situations and relationships which should elicit strong emotional reactions. Rather than slowly turning up the heat, LaCour merely drops the frog into boiling water, leaving the reader without any time to become invested.Įmilie’s story, while more digestible than Sara’s, still left me cold and distant. Sara’s story, although it has a more immediate hook, is much more difficult to connect with-the things she does and the things that happen to her, while not necessarily unrealistic, escalate and accelerate to the point where they become absurd. They circle like stars in orbit around one another until inevitably colliding. Yerba Buena follows two characters: Sara, who runs away from home with a boy named Grant after the death of her girlfriend, and Emilie, who has no distinguishing characteristics that I can recall. It’s the latter! Yerba Beuna maintains everything I loved about the writing in We Are Okay…unfortunately, almost nothing else here works, and in this case, the writing style actively undermines rather than reinforces the characters and story. I was very much looking forward to Nina LaCour’s adult debut after being enraptured by the lyrical prose and melancholy tone of We Are Okay-I wasn’t sure if that mood was specific to that book, or if it was just LaCour’s style. I received an ARC of Yerba Buena from Flatiron Books in exchange for an honest review. Apart from sticker burrs and sand fleas, Cardell’s life is mostly wonderful. 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I’m sure that when the UK Poor Act was established, they did not foresee what these institutions would become: free labor by the hands of the poor. Originally intended as a home for the poorest citizens, these buildings became the fodder for nightmares as families were separated and people were abused for their labor. Workhouses were places for adults and children who could not care for or support themselves. In Shadows Of The Workhouse, we are offered a different look, as Worth turns her gaze to the people who survived the workhouses of England. In Call The Midwife, readers got to glimpse inside the actual work of these nuns and nurses, as the book focused on their midnight calls to births and their treatment of the ill. To learn about their work is to have your faith in humanity restored. Their calling to help the greater good is absolute proof that there are remarkable people in this world people who give themselves to others time and time again. Here, the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus House continued their mission of treating and helping the people of London’s poorest regions. Once again, I was swept into the world of the tireless midwives who worked in the docklands area of East London in the 1950s. Thank you Audiobook Jukebox and HighBridge Audio for sending a copy of Shadows Of The Workhouse, which is #2 in the Call The Midwife series. I say with complete sincerity that I wish I had the good fortune to meet her for a cup of tea. It challenged me to keep bringing energy to the story. Music helped keep me open and responsive to the world beyond what I encountered from day to day. I wanted the world that the story is set in to feel big, but would go into the office in the early morning and get back in the evening without a lot of energy to go out, to talk with people, to explore. I was working full time in the software industry when I wrote the first draft of my first novel, Join. In his own words, here is Steve Toutonghi's Book Notes music playlist for his debut novel Join: It's a chilling observation about the nature of the individual verses the nature of the group, and it lends Join a compelling urgency." Along the way, he brings up head-spinning questions about individuality, society, ecology, euthanasia, aging, death, immortality, tech industry politics, class, polyamory, and gender identity. " combines smart, imaginative extrapolation about technology and a deep curiosity about civilization and the human condition. Steve Toutonghi's dystopian novel Join is a powerful and imaginative debut. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Jesmyn Ward, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Lauren Groff, T.C. In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. 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And the warmth from his bare chest and arms was turning my fight-tensed muscles to buttery goo. The fact that he was shirtless was quickly eroding my hard-won concentration. Leaning forward, he gave me a firm kiss on the lips. “Don’t be such a sore loser, Kate,” chided Vincent. He held me a few inches off the ground as I kicked and flailed, adrenaline pumping like quicksilver through my body. But before I could grab it, I was snatched off my feet in a powerful grasp and crushed against my assailant’s chest. It crashed with a wooden clang against the stone wall behind me.ĭefenseless, I scrambled for a sword that lay a few feet away. He swept sideways, sending my weapon flying through the air. Sweat dripped into my eye, blinding me for one stinging second before my reflexes took over and forced me into motion.Ī shaft of light from a window far overhead illuminated the oaken staff as I arced it down toward my enemy’s legs. Landing in a crouch, I sprang back up, groaning with the effort, and swung my own weapon over my head. I LEAPT, DRAWING MY FEET UP BENEATH ME, AS the seven-foot quarterstaff smashed into the flagstones where I had been standing a half second before. |