He has just received the cross of the Legion of Honour.
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We were in class when the headmaster came in, followed by 'new fellow,' not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk.
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Hey @squirrelbrain thank you so much for all the lovely bookish gifts and postcard! So thoughtful of you; they really cheered me up this morning! The book sounds fascinating! I do love a good history book. 😀
pickReally enjoyed this (NF) book about trips that Florence Nightingale and Gustave Flaubert made down the Nile, at exactly the same time.
Although they never met and their trips couldn‘t have been more different (one looking for a sign from God and the other looking for brothels) it was fascinating to see the similarities and differences between them.
Also - a #bookspinbingo line! (Happy Dance!)
"All those books you haven't read are indeed a sign of your ignorance. But if you know how ignorant you are, you're way ahead of the vast majority of other people."
- Jessica Stillman
https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/do-i-own-too-many-books
pickQuite good literary novel I bought years ago and never got around to finishing until now. The back cover fell off, so I've been using it as a bookmark.
#walklikeanegyptian
#wanderingjune
This one is from the TBR shelf but sounds rather intriguing - a fictionalised account of when Gustave Flaubert and Florence Nightingale were in Egypt at the same time.... 🤔
pickThis was excellent! An imagined version of historical fiction. Florence Nightingale and Flaubert, both in their late 20s and not yet famous, toured the Nile at the same time in 1850. Though they never met, this book imagines what it might have been like if they did. Despite not knowing much about either person or Egypt, I loved this. It‘s beautifully written — the author is a poet— and haunting.
