The bookish/history nerd NEED to gain the ability to time travel is strong!
[new insomnia obsession unlocked: Jacobean history, King James VI reign, letters between King James & the Earl of Buckingham]
#kingjamesVI #georgevilliers #history #16thcentury #earlofbuckingham #jacobean #historynerd #historyobsessed #booknerd #theophiledeviau #historical #lahistoria #old #historylovers #bookish #timetravel #scotland #england #royality
Fantastische boek over een 17de eeuwse Utopische wereld, waar de hoofdpersonage de keizerin ervan wordt. Het verhaal is vol met referenties naar alchemie, astronomische theorieën en esoterisme, maar ook maatschappelijke thema's.
so-soNot too sure what I shall think about this book. I appreciate it as one of the first sci-fi stories and wirtten by a highly educated woman. But I don't really know what to think about all those philosophical parts. Most of them are rather out-dated or way over my head. I did not like the last part (apart from the female friendship), that was only about war and builing strong weapons. But Ant-Man und Spider-Man made me smile 😉
My current read very entertaining but I never cease to be amazed how bad a system monarchy was for governance and how utterly lacking in dignity the so called nobility were. In every Aristocratic family tree are a bunch of grovelling scyopants who lickspittled their way to wealth and power.
@BarbaraBB , you're probably not that interested, but here are the prompts I've completed for #aty24 so far! I've tagged the book you can't see the title of.
pickIt‘s not Shakespeare, but it comes close. There are lots of quotable lines like “Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust, Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.” And I liked the Duchess‘s spirit and Bosolo‘s complexity. Looking for videos, as I like to watch plays after I read them, I happened upon an English teacher‘s lectures from lockdown that were really good. (Lucky kids who had her!) 2 for #24in2024 @Jas16
so-soApart from a couple of historical inaccuracies (which you'd probably only spot if you know the period as well as I do), this has helped me clarify some ideas for my writing project.
#52bookclub24 #hasastickeronthecover - removed, actually.
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