This is Nagendra’s first mystery, set in Bangalore in 1921. It is set in South India, not Bombay or Calcutta, which makes it unique in my experience.
This book focuses on Lady Byron (1792-1860), her daughter, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, and the ways they were affected by Lord Byron..
September 2020 saw the release of a definitive book on the making of the cult classic film: "Highlander" - "A Kind of Magic - Making The Original Highlander"..
However, let’s start at the beginning…. These are vampire novels and Yarbro’s vampire is based on a historical figure of the 18th century, the Comte de Saint-Germain.
Berlin compares Tolstoy with Maistre, a post-French Revolution, ultramontane Catholic, and extremely conservative thinker who thought Europe should return to the blind Catholicism and authoritarianism of the Dark Ages. He was a hedgehog.
Book Review: “Cassandra Darke” by Posy SimmondsPublisher : Jonathan Cape, London – an imprint of VintageYear : 2018 I have...