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St Albans (South East) 1897 Old Ordnance Survey Maps

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

1848: The Revolution of the Intellectuals (Raleigh Lectures on History) by Sir Lewis Namier

Lenin in Zürich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Intellectuals by Paul Johnson

Cities in Civilisation by Peter Hall

Meetings With Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham

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CollectionsYour library (1,982)

Reviews16 reviews

TagsFiction (390), Biography (320), Art (172), Classics (119), History - British (115), Literature (113), Architecture (109), Places (107), Folio Society (99), London (78) — see all tags

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GroupsAncient History, BBC Radio 3 Listeners, Books on Books, Folio Society devotees, It's a LondonThing, Medieval Europe, The Hellenistic World

About meBibliophile, bookworm, philhellene, with a day job as a researcher, writer and lecturer - mainly in the field of the history of architecture. I live in a wee cottage in the beautiful Scottish Borders but spend a few days every month or so in London.

About my libraryI have rather an eclectic mix of books here which reflect my academic interests; a first degree in Modern History and a Masters in the Classics; my work in architecture and my passions – art, music, literature, biography and travel.

2009 Books Read for Pleasure:

* Denotes - excellent read
# Denotes - did not finish
(R) Denotes - review posted

Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel - Andrew Graham-Dixon**
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje*****
Tales from the Back Green - Bill Paterson***
Home - Marilynne Robinson****
Reading in Bed - Steven Gilbar****
La's Orchestra Saves the World - Alexander McCall Smith#
The Places in Between - Rory Stewart ****
The Enchantress of Florence - Salman Rushdie#
The Hidden - Tobias Hill****
The Spare Room - Helen Garner****
From the Holy Mountain - William Dalrymple****
Strong Poison - Dorothy L Sayers***
The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent****
In Tearing Haste - Deborah Devonshire and
Patrick Leigh Fermor****
A Lucky Child - Thomas Buergenthall****
The Last Supper - Rachel Cusk***
The Dog - Kerstin Ekman#
Nature's Engraver, A Life of Thomas Bewick -
Jenny Uglow****
The Greeks and Greek Love - James Davidson****
The City of Falling Angels - John Berendt****
Strangers and Brothers - C P Snow****
Journey to Nowhere - Eva Figes***
Why Not Catch 21? - Gary Dexter*****
The Page Turner - David Leavitt**
A Travellers Alphabet - Steven Runciman*****
The Girl of His Dreams - Donna Leon***
Suffer the Children - Donna Leon***
Through a Glass Darkly - Donna Leon***
Death at La Fenice - Donna Leon***
The Music Room - William Fiennes*****
Nocturnes - Kazuo Ishiguro***
The London Library - ed Miron Grindea*****
Seven Houses; My life with books - Bettina Hurlimann****
Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively *****
Venice (Blue Guide) - Alta Macadam*****
The Book Shop - Penelope Fitzgerald****
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel*****

Currently Reading for Pleasure:
Venice - Pure City - Peter Ackroyd
The Vows of Silence - Susan Hill
The Beacon - Susan Hill
London Stories - David Tucker