#12booksofchristmas @Andrew65 August
It has to be this incredible piece of historical fiction about west Yorkshire coin counfeiters especially as I was discussing it with a friend last night who had also read it and we agreed at some point to do a walk in the area to discover the landmarks from the book. I know that there are some great pubs on the train line in that area so hopefully we will find the infamous fire place.
An easy pick off my To Be Read pile as he is one of my favourite authors.
#wondrousWednesday
1.Tagged mostly because of the amazing review by
@andrew61 but 🍷 might have been involved as well.
2.Black Cake ! Just finished it this morning.
3.Dublin, NYC, an odd fall trip to Niagara Falls, Syracuse,Cooperstown (Baseball Hall of Fame) & Seneca Falls for Women‘s Rights National Historical Park .
Consider yourself tagged if you want to play!
pickAn absolutely brilliant piece of writing which evoked the blood ,mud, + more of 18c west Yorkshire's Calder Valley + the world of coin forgers. I loved it but lord if I could time travel the very last place I would go to would be Halifax in 1770. I'm sure if I was reincarnated I was probably a toothless peasant and the terrifying David Hartley would be scaring the living daylights out of me. Can't wait to see the Shane Meadows TV adaptation.
pickEvocative and poetic historical novel telling the true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners and their leader "King" David Hartley. Fascinating story wonderfully reimagined.
pickDesperately graphic , I went with audio after awhile.. my early morning walks in the woods & the fields enhanced my experience. Late 1700‘s Yorkshire moors , A picture made of man & beast & earth ( beautiful dark earth ) Savage living , mud & guts , This book dosnt take any prisoners.. the story of the Cragg Vale Coiners
Of the beginnings of myths & pathways .. poetic , epic , sense of place 💫into the gorzy purplin hethur , stag heads , visions
But it was not a normal daye it was the day that changed me The day wot gave me fresh eyes and new beelefs and a sens of wonder and fear of what it is that this lande of mine can do and what it is that maykes these moores a place of magick and feer and what it is that goes on that we cannot understand up here and what it is that make right minded folk stop away and keep these moores empty and what it is that makes man and animal move as wan 👇🏻
The postman just delivered these .. blame it on Litsy ( you know who you are 😁) & tagged book my son recommended to me 👍🏻
