My grandmother
Spent the last ten years of her long life trying to ensure that everyone around her was as miserable as she was. She did, however, leave us with one unforgettable quotation. When told that I'd bought my Mum a book for Christmas, she exclaimed " A book? What do you want a book for? You've got a book!"

Back on-topic - I'm making my way through the collected (from charity shops) works of Bernard Cornwell. They're not bad at all and mostly chopped into handy-sized chapters for picking up and putting down. Lots of historical facts spun round fiction in each, lots of blood and guts, scurrilous baddies and heroic dalliance with pretty ladies.
(The Jannie, Sun 8 Jan 2012, 19:50, 2 replies)

My boyfriend is really into Cornwell and he particularly recommends the trilogy about one of King Arthur's soldiers

(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 11:50, closed)

They're on my list of todos
I've done Sharpe, The Grail Quest and Stonehenge. I'm just starting on the American Civil War set. Ripping yarns, all!

BFN
David
(The Jannie, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 14:10, closed)