Poetry of Reading

 “This is what life does for you in the end; it arranges a fight you can't win.”This novel concludes Hilary Mantel's trilogy about the life of Thomas Cromwell. Mantel skillfully immerses readers in the story as Cromwell, a blacksmith's son of low birth, becomes Henry VIII's proxy to advance the king's interests, whether...

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“Surely the greatest mercy granted us by Providence is our ignorance of the future. Imagine if we knew the outcome of our hopes and plans, or could see the manner in which we are doomed to die - how ruined our lives would be! Instead we live on dumbly from day to day...

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 “As the wise Cicero said, “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife is the last installment in her Six Queens series. One pleasure of this series has been seeing the Queen’s life before their marriage. With Katharine, this is particularly fascinating as she...

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