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Kept forgetting to post this for last months #authoramonth but what an intriguing read! Non fiction at its best for me; I loved all the historical detail so you can imagine just how things would have been. I‘m with the majority of people in finding the Marconi bits less compelling than the Crippen but brilliantly done in bringing them together. #nonfiction2023 (rolling in the deep)

I thoroughly enjoyed John Boyne‘s fictionalised story of Dr. Crippen and I wanted to read a true crime book about it. This is well researched, and easy to read, the two connected stories of Dr. Crippen‘s life and Marconi‘s life and his passion. It was rather gripping in parts, but I skimmed over some of Marconi‘s part which I got lost. My introduction to Larson, who writes such good historical non-fiction, thanks to #AuthorAMonth for May.

I expected to like this because Marconi Beach is one of my favorite places on Earth. It just never sunk in with me though and I ended up listening to end ending at 1.5 speed just so I could finish. The same thing happened to me with his Churchill book so maybe I am just not a Larson fan. #AuthorAMonth

I will always read an Erik Larson book! Devil in the White City is still my favorite, but he doesn't write bad books. This one was a little harder for me to get into, especially the details of Marconi's quest to perfect the wireless, but it was still an engaging, insightful look at history through a unique angle. This was May's #AuthorAMonth. @Soubhiville

So, I usually love Larson‘s books but I just can‘t get into this one. Maybe the start is too slow, maybe the narration since I‘m listening on #audio, maybe my mood but I‘m 32% in and I‘m just done. #authoramonth @Soubhiville

I think The Devil in the White City has my expectations for Larson really high. This was ok but I just kept thinking I‘d rather be rereading White City. I‘m also planning to read Dead Wake. I‘ll probably start it this weekend.
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I always like Larson‘s books. 🚤🚤🚤🚤

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July 1910: A gruesome discovery by Chief Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard - a body in the cellar buried under the flagstones is Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and wife of Dr. Hawley Crippen. No one would have thought the quiet, unassuming Dr. Crippen capable of murder, yet the doctor and his mistress have disappeared from London, and now a full-scale hunt for them has begun.