Context: While reading this I started wearing reading glasses and… boy!… they really took some getting used to! REVIEW Battles, rivalry, espionage, subterfuge, love, filial honour, tradition, strategies, mysticism, kingdoms,…
Context: got back to a passtime that I last did nearly 20 years ago while reading this: sketching. REVIEW In the form of an email to the premier of China,…
Context: Picked this up in an apartment with a view of the Bernese Alps where we stayed in Switzerland. REVIEW Norman Grubb is a bit of a legend. He spent…
Context: Finished this in Shanghai at the house of my mate Gavin whose collection of novels got me back into fiction after many years away. REVIEW According to Menzies, it…
Context: Finished this at Stephen & Abigail’s house where we first met Matthew their son. REVIEW Finally read this book. Twice I’ve started it and I realised I needed to…