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February-March 2024 Leftovers

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams

Bone White by Ronald Malfi

Alexander the Great by Phillip Freeman

Nero: Matricide, Murder and Music in Imperial Rome by Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth

Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R. James

A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block

The Killing Kind by John Connolly

Shōgun by James Clavell

Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark

A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime by Casey Sherman

Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita

Nestlings by Nat Cassidy

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age by Michael Woolraich

April 3, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Rain, rain, go away. I thought my reading count looked too low and then I realized I didn’t do leftovers for February, so here’s Feb-March combined. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and Rise of the Tudors ***** Jones is such a talented historian. Gets all the important stuff of the Wars of the Roses in great detail and lets the story entertain. His Templars book will soon be on my radar. A Lowcountry Bride**** Had to read this for a library […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings

Jake's CBR16 Review No:43 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Sports, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #history, #Tudors, A Lowcountry Bride, A Murder in Hollywood, A Stab in the Dark, Aggrippina, Alaska, alcoholism, Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth, Beyond a Boundary, Bone White, bridalwear, brides of lowcountry, C.L.R. James, Cara Kennedy, Casey Sherman, Charleston, charlie parker, Chicago, colonialism, cricket, Dan Jones, Disability, Edward IV, England, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Greek Empire, hard case crime, Henry V, Henry VII, historical fiction, Hollywood, horror, Iris Yamashita, Jack Clark, James Clavell, Japan, john connolly, Johnny Stompanato, Julius Caesar, Lana Turner, lawrence block, los angeles, lottery, Macedonia, Macedonian Empire, maine, Marriage, Matthew Scudder, medieval, Michael Woolraich, movies, mystery, Nat Cassidy, Nero, Nestlings, New York City, Nobody's Angel, One's Company, Phillip Freeman, plantagenets, Pompey the Great, Preslaysa Williams, prohibition, remote, Richard III, roman empire, Romance, Rome, Ronald Malfi, Rubicon, Samuel Seabury, Shōgun, South Carolina, sports, Sulla, supernatural, Tammany Hall, taxi driver, The Bishop and the Butterfly, The Killing Kind, The Wars of the Roses, Three's Company Too, Tom Holland, trauma, Trinidad, true crime, Village in the Dark, Vivian Gordon, war, weddings ·
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