Accompanying these 21 passionate travellers on their personal quests, we discover what drove them, and share their incredible journeys through deserts, mountains, jungles and seas to every continent, spanning 2,000 years of history from 480 BCE to the 1930s. These are true stories of daring adventure, courage, cunning, even murder and, above everything, sheer determinationContinue reading “Passionate Travellers by Trish Nicholson #TuesdayBookBlog #BookReview”
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Theodore and Eliza by Susan Harvard #FridayReads #RBRT
Book Description Theodore & Eliza is the first and only account of the eight-year marriage 1812-20 of the mixed-race couple, from whom Princess Diana was directly descended. The story is threaded through an extensively researched background of places and people in Yemen, Bombay and Scotland during the Napoleonic era. It is an unusually intimate accountContinue reading “Theodore and Eliza by Susan Harvard #FridayReads #RBRT”
Erebus: The Story of A Ship by Michael Palin #BookReview #Antarctic #SeaAdventure
HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth. In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found. This is its story. This is a book of heroes, the daring, handsome James Clark Ross, who mapped much of theContinue reading “Erebus: The Story of A Ship by Michael Palin #BookReview #Antarctic #SeaAdventure”
Mary Tudor – Princess by Tony Riches #TuesdayBookBlog #RBRT
From the author of the international best-selling Tudor Trilogy, the true story of the Tudor dynasty continues with the daughter of King Henry VII, sister to King Henry VIII. Mary Tudor watches her elder brother become King of England and wonders what the future holds for her. Born into great privilege, Mary has beauty andContinue reading “Mary Tudor – Princess by Tony Riches #TuesdayBookBlog #RBRT”
Lizanne lost in a good book 