Weekend Links

 Happy (sniffle, cough) weekend!  Or not so much around here--after over 3 years of good luck, I have covid!!!  Luckily, it just feels like a no-fun cold and is getting better, but my writing was set back for a few days and I spent far too much time watching videos of dogs and cats pretending to talk (that Penny the cat, hilarious!).  But here are a few other reads I found, and happy autumn!  I love this time of year.  Crisp breezes!  Beautiful colors!  Apple cider!  Striped sweaters!  Best of all...Halloween

Shop once owned by Anne Boleyn's father up for sale

The art of the aperitif

Marie Antoinette's Wardrobe Book

A new museum here in Santa Fe

The home science labs of 18th century English noblewomen

Hercule Poirot actors ranked

What Oppenheimer's Los Alamos looked like

Bridgerton Funko Pop figures

Weekend Links

 

Happy almost-autumn!  It's finally cooling down here after a scorching dry summer, and I'm so excited!  It was also Fiestas time here, and Kate got very into it.    Here are a few fun reads to take us through the weekend...

What Oppenheimer's Los Alamos looked liked

Bridgerton Funko Pops!

New Agatha Christie statue unveiled in Torquay!

Royal Jewelry Collection Up For Auction

Authors who work as booksellers

European Cities That Appear Most in Literature

One Year On: Queen Elizabeth II's most elegant ensembles

The Age of Innocence (one of my favorite movies)

Virginia Woolfe and the Philosophy of Fashion

Favorite Lunch Salad Recipes

Book Release!

 Flora and Cho-Chou are back for another adventure!

1889
With the wild chase for the late unlamented duke's diamonds finally over, business is booming for Flora Flowerdew's seance society, but she's bored with summoning ghosts with the help of her psychic Pomeranian Chou-Chou. She longs for adventure, like what she had with Benedict, and her Cockney maid Mary and journalist Evie as they chased across England and France in search of the diamonds. A late night visit from Benedict, Duke of Everton changes that. He was the last man she ever wanted to see again, with his frosty green eyes and rough laughter. But he needs her help. His great-aunt Imogen is being blackmailed--and it might turn London politics upside-down! Not to mention Ben's own matrimonial prospects.

Lady Imogen begs Flora to help her hide her naughty past. She insists they attend a country house party at Windermere Abbey, where all the thieving suspects will be gathered. A tangle of politics, passion, fear hang heavy in those lavish corridors, and Flora must sort it out before it's too late! And before her heart is lost, too...

"​I fell in love with Flora Flowerdew in the first book: Flora Flowerdew and Mystery of the Duke's Diamonds. So, of course, I absolutely had to read Flora Flowerdew and the Mystery of the Purloined Papers as soon as I could get my hands on it.

I was right.

A wonderful Novella, it is light, easy to read, and full of mystery (and even some mayhem!). It was so wonderful to spend time with characters from the first book. Especially our reluctant duke: Benedict.

I sincerely hope we will be seeing more of Flora, Benedict, Chou Chou the psychic Pomeranian, and Mary the best friend any music-hall-dancer-turned-medium(ish) could have!"  Goodreads Review

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