#Edward marston

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Finished reading: Heartstopper: Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

Newly acquired: The Nine Giants by Edward Marston

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Title: The Serpents Of Harbledown | Author: Edward Marston | Publisher: Allison & Busby (2020)

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Monthly Reading Summary – July 2024

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Norfolk Reads

The Elephants of Norwich by Edward Marston.

A pair of golden elephant statues, intended as a marriage gift, are stolen in eleventh century Norfolk. A second pair of giant fauna, officials visiting the area to settle Domesday disputes, help find the thief.

This was an entertaining romp, fresh to the last page. There are lots of similar by this prolific author (and I hope the rest have been properly checked, because I have never read a book with so many typesetting errors) so it's worth a go to see if it pulls you in - you'll be set for reading material during the long wait for Strike 8, 9, 10 ...

Next ... The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers.

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'Why he's not real?!'

I asked knowing even if he was real he wouldn't spare me a second glance and I probably would be intimidated by him

[phantomnotghost]

I tried this challenge made by @akoid

I’ll finish this eventually, someday yeah

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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

This book really got me, and I had to show it some love. A more cohesive presentation is available on my Instagram. Full spread below

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It’s sad the amount of times I’ve read and then there were none….. (16)

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Anna Cora Mowatt and Anne Blake

Part I: Intriguing, But Less Than Ground-Breaking [A recording of this play is available at Librivox] John Westland Marston’s 1852 play, “Anne Blake” makes me glad I’m writing a blog. As you may have noticed, researching Anna Cora Mowatt’s acting roles has caused me to develop a taste for mid-19th-century popular drama. I found this script to be a wonderful example of the genre. If you too find…

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The Cellist - Ballett Zürich 18.05.2023

The Cellist - Ballett Zürich 18.05.2023 #Tanz #CathyMarston #PhilipFeeney #PaulConnelly #JacquelineduPré #violoncello #ballett #opernhauszürich #thecellist

Es ist lange her, dass mich eine Tanzproduktion so sehr bewegt hat wie “The Cellist” – die erste Produktion der neuen Ballettdirektorin des Zürich Balletts ab Herbst 2023 CATHY MARSTON. Natürlich haben mich immer wieder Choreografien begeistert und mitgerissen, aber nicht dermassen zu Tränen gerührt und bewegt, wie diese wundervolle Arbeit über die Ausnahme-Cellistin Jaqueline du Pré… Continue…

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Antarctic explorers’ drawings of penguins

Robert Falcon Scott. Hilarious. 7/10 for the first one because he is so friendly, 5/10 for the second.

Ernest Shackleton. What an angular & compact little guy. 5/10

Edward Adrian Wilson. Shut the fuck up Bill, we know you’re an incredible artist. 10/10, obviously

George Marston. I mean that’s a solid penguin right there. 8/10

Frank Worsley. Oh Wuzzles…..the composition of this is stellar. Wuzzpeng you will always be famous 9/10.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard. The cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my life, every time I lay eyes on it I tear up. I fully acknowledge my bias but 11/10.

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Title: The Lions of the North | Author: Edward Marston | Publisher: Allison & Busby (2020)

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Monthly Reading Summary – September 2024

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Polar - George Edward Marston - c.1910s - via Bonham’s

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November 19th 1600 saw the birth of King Charles I at Dunfermline Palace.

No-one knew that Charles would be the last of the Stewart king s to be born in Scotland. He had an elder brother who was destined to be king and Charles was a frail, sickly child.

Three years after the birth of Charles, his father, King James VI, became King of England also and his elder brother Henry, became Prince of Wales - an English title created by Edward I. Prince Henry died in 1612 and suddenly Charles became the heir apparent. But he was soon under the malign influence of the Duke of Buckingham, eight years older than Charles, who had been made a favourite of King James alledgedly, on the basis of his foppish good looks.

In 1623, in pursuit of King James' plan to create an alliance with Spain, Buckingham accompanied Charles to the Iberian peninsula to arrange the marriage of the King of Spain's daughter to Charles. The plan was badly bungled (Buckingam gets the blame) and war was declared between Britain and Spain shortly after their return!

As lord high admiral, Buckingham continued to mismanage various expeditions and was eventually murdered in 1628.

King James died on March 27th 1625 and Charles was crowned at Westminster Abbey on February 2md the following year, With an alliance with Spain now abandoned, a French one was pursued instead, this time with a bit more success, and King Charles married Henrietta Maria, the sister of King Louis XIII.

His wife had an even more exaggerated view than Charles of the "Divine Right of Kings" which led him into conflict with Parliament both in Westminster and Scotland. Charles fell foul of the "puritans" favouring a church more in line with Catholicism, a "high" church with richness and ceremony.

He also fell out with the English parliament over him raising taxes without their permission, so what is man who believes in that "Divine Right of Kings" do? Dissolves Parliament and rules the country himself for 11 years.

Charles eventually came to Scotland in 1633 to be crowned at Holyrood. Although the Union of the Crowns had taken place in 1603, the monarch ruled two separate countries, each with their own laws - and church. In Scotland the meddling of the king in church affairs led to the signing of the National Covenant in 1638 and a call to arms.

The English Parliament and the Scottish Presbyterians were now both at loggerheads with the king and civil war broke out in 1642. In Scotland, the Marquis of Montrose carried out a brilliant campaign on behalf of the King. But in England, the battle between the Royalists and the Roundheads (led by Oliver Cromwell) swung back and forwards. But with defeats at Marston Moor in 1644 and Naseby in June 1645, his cause was all but lost in England. Charles surrendered to a Scottish army in 1646. He tried to sew dissension between the Scots and the English Parliaments but he was eventually handed over to the English Parliament.

Charles continued to attempt to "negotiate" but following an attempt to escape to France, rebellions in Wales and the south-east of England and an invasion of England by the Scots in 1648, convinced the English Parliament that Charles should be tried for treason. Charles argued (with some justification) that the court was illegal but he was sentenced to death and beheaded on January 30th 1649.

Despite his many failings, his refusal to compromise and save himself by accepting Presbyterianism, the illegal nature of his "trial" and his dignity at his execution, have all retrospectively provided Charles with a halo of martyrdom.

If nothing more, Charles did provide us with some fantastic portraits of himself, and if he was around nowadays I am sure he would love a wee selfie to himself! I particularly like the first one by van Dyck, the large Royal coat of arms of the House of Stuart stands to the lower left of the painting it measures a massive 3.68 × 2.7 metres. The second is another van Dyck, Charles I at the Hunt the third is by Gerrit van Honthorst another Dutch painter. The National Portrait Gallery, London say, on their web site Charles is associated with 335 portraits.