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Crime Fiction at its Best with Ian Rankin’s ‘Set In Darkness’ – An Inspector Rebus Novel

Du Fond Des Tenebres – Ian Rankin

It is with great pleasure Mairiuna that I will undertake with you this challenge of reading the complete series of 17 novels from Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series.

While I await reception of my Amazon order for the first novel in the detective series, Knots and […]

“One Book One Edinburgh” 2009 “The Lost World” by Conan Doyle

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The Lost World – A.C. Doyle

Hi everybody ! Do you remember how an old dying sycamore growing in Conan Doyle’s childhood garden, on the playground of what is now known as […]

From Conan Doyle’s Sycamore to Sherlock Holmes’s Violin

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930)

Conan Doyle died of a heart attack on 7 July 1930. He was aged 71 and lived then at “Windlesham”, his house situated in East Sussex, England. He was buried in the churchyard at Minstead in the New Forest, Hampshire. The epitaph […]

Do You Believe In Fairies ?

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Fairies – Rackham

Tinker Bell’s wings would scarcely carry her now (…) Every moment her light was growing fainter; and Peter knew that if it went out she would be no more (…) Her voice was so low that at first he could not make out what she said. Then he […]

From William Wallace’s Sword to Walter Scott’s Pen…

"The Scottish Chiefs" Jane Porter

So, back again to Wallace, Janice, and old books too since I’ve just found a beautiful copy of The Scottish Chiefs. It’s an undated Routledge edition published circa 1884… look at the beautiful cover with its elaborate decoration. It has many black and white illustrations inside.