BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

Not the best known of his works but A.L. Rowse’s “Bosworth Field and the War of the Roses”, published in 1966, continued his successful writing career.  He was renowned for his “academic boldness” – some of his conclusions on the events leading to the War of the Roses and his account of the reigns of the late Medieval English Kings would be challenged these days – but it was interesting enough particularly as his second great passion, Shakespeare, is reflected in a chapter on the history plays.

More blood and gore but not of the historical type – Simon Brett’s “Blood at the Bookies” is a well written whodunnit which I enjoyed.

The third book for this month is another in the Hamish Macbeth mysteries by M.C. Beaton “Death of a Macho Man” – well plotted and written as usual but not one of my favourites.

Debra Thatcher