BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

I learnt such a lot about the early days of the East India Company by reading the biography of James Achilles Kirkpatrick “White Mughals” by William Dalrymple – well researched and written, a fascinating insight into crossing cultures.

Two this month from C.S.Forester – “The Happy Return”, another enjoyable Hornblower adventure novel and “The Gun” set in the Peninsular War.

Last but not least, one of my favourite Agatha Christie novels –  “Five Little Pigs” – if your mother had been convicted of murder would you want to know if she was guilty.  Carla Lemarchant asks Poirot to investigate the five witnesses at the trial.