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Warpy

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3. Yeah, you wouldn't think anyoine could make that historical period boring

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Wed Mar 22, 2023, 11:18 PM

Mar 2023

but he managed. Thomas Costain was animated and diverting in comparison.

The book, which I decided to revisit about 20 years ago, thinking an adult would appreciate it more than a kid could, did not improve after that first page. It got worse. I chucked it halfway through, decided life was too short to waste on such a piece of ponderous literature. From the thrift shop it had come, back to the thrift shop it went.

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STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 23 March 2023 [View all] Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 OP

Now there's a book I had to kick and claw my way thought when I was a kid Warpy Mar 2023 #1

I read an abridged version . . . Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 #2

Yeah, you wouldn't think anyoine could make that historical period boring Warpy Mar 2023 #3

Costain was hit or miss for me, but . . . . Tansy_Gold Mar 2023 #4