Mailbox Monday gathers together for readers the books that came into the house last week. (feel free to share yours) Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.
Last week I rounded out my collection of Deryn Lake's series featuring John Rawlings, an apothecary and associate of John Fielding, in 18th century London. I've now got DEATH IN THE SETTING SUN, DEATH IN THE VALLEY OF SHADOWS and DEATH AND THE CORNISH FIDDLER. That should set me for the next few months -- via eBay because paperbackswap.com was taking too long. I also got another Elizabethan text to add to my strange obsession: ELIZABETH'S SPYMASTER: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that Saved England by Robert Hutchinson.
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I'm currently reading FALCONER'S CRUSADE by Ian Morson. This is 1st of 8 in series featuring William Falconer, a 13th century university regent master in Oxford. Here is a description:
Oxford University, in 1624, the savage murder of a young girl kindles a frenzy of suspicion between privileged students and impoverished townspeople. And when one of Falconer's students who may have witnessed the crime narrowly escapes being beaten to death by a lynch mob, the Regent Master rushes to his defense. The stabbing murder of Margaret Gebetz, Master John Fyssh's French servant girl, is followed by the murders of three students. What connection, if any, do the slayings have to the visit to Oxford of Prince Edward, weak King Henry III's son, who is being wooed by rebellious barons? What is the nature of the small book that illiterate Margaret possessed and which she believed would protect her?
It was published in 1996 and has 200 pages.
I just finished watching Lie To Me on Fox -- the body language show starring Tim Roth. Like it a lot. I'll read for a little bit and then get some lovely sleep and start all over again tomorrow. :)
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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