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I finished this audio history book a few days ago. Dan Jones writes the most lively books! This one completes his Medieval English history trilogy and connects The Plantagenets and The Wars of the Roses. I wish Dan Jones narrated more books because he‘s so engaging to listen to! Highly recommend!!

Settling in for a much needed reading weekend amidst everything. I‘m in the middle of Accidently His (romance and espionage!), what should I read next? Currently leaning toward the Glutton since it‘s been on my TBR for a while.

3/5 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

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1. I like the holidays and the chance to slow down

2. Murder at Everham Hall is set during New Year‘s and has a snowy manor scene on the cover ❄️

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05/100 Dan Jones never fails to entertain and educate. If you want to understand English History this is the author to read. Like Mary Beard with Roman History, Jones work is full of details, from major events like the Battle of Agincourt to seemingly minor things that had a big impact of Henry before he became King. Henry V was a complex man, full of contradictions, he was pious and religious, but he was also cruel, easily angered, and vengeful.

When a guest is taken ill and Mrs. Holloway is accused of serving tainted food, only finding out who is poisoning him will clear her name.

A good quick Christmas-y read.

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Kat's friend Joanna's husband, Sam, is suspected of embezzling from the bank where he works. Kat swings into action with her friends to prove Sam's innocence.

The real embezzler was fairly obvious almost from the start but the mystery of Dan's origins gets deeper. And we definitely need more of an epilogue - it's not clear whether Sam was reinstated.

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Kat Halloway's husband's real wife comes to her for help tracing what really happened to Joe, having been told that he did not die at sea but had come back to England with a considerable amount of money.

We get to hear a lot of Daniel's backstory as well as Kat's. Coupled with the increasing closeness of their relationship, it gave this installment in the series a valedictory feel, but there is at least another novel and a novella still to come.