Out and about today, I dropped into one of my local book sellers (yes an actual building) for a bit of a browse, and came away with these titles:
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (new Penguin edition with forward by Ian Rankin) - I've love the 1946 movie version of this work - Bogart & Bacall at their finest. Wasn't too fussed with the Mitchum & Miles version (1978). One of the great detective movies of all time (in my humble opinion)
The Opening Night Murder by Anne Rutherford - murder in Restoration London.
The Dragon Throne by Jonathan Fenby - a history of China's emperors.
Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared To Execute Charles I by Charles Spencer (brother of the late Lady Di) - story of Charles II quest for revenge and retribution.
A Knights Tale by Edward John Crockett - novel of Sir John de Hawkwood
Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered by Dianne Hales - biography of Lisa Gherardini, Leonardo's muse.
The Riddle & The Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveller by Giles Milton - journey to rehabilitate this 14th century traveller.
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