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Fun Facts Friday: Enid Bangold
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Fun Facts Friday: Enid Bangold

Man of la BookOctober 27, 2023

Enid Bangold (27 October, 1889 – 31 March, 1981) was a British writer, feminist, and autobiographer. She is known for her story National Velvet.

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Fun Facts Friday: Thomas Hughes
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Fun Facts Friday: Thomas Hughes

Man of la BookOctober 20, 2023

Thomas Hughes was an English author, social reform advocate, and lawyer. He is remembered for his semi-biographical work Tom Brown’s School Days.

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Fun Facts Friday: Rosamunde Pilcher
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Fun Facts Friday: Rosamunde Pilcher

Man of la BookSeptember 22, 2023

Rosamunde Pilcher (22 September, 1924 – 6 February, 2019) was an award-winning English novelist. She is known for her novels which take place mostly in Cornwall

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Book Review: The Traitor by Ava Glass
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Book Review: The Traitor by Ava Glass

Man of la BookSeptember 12, 2023

The Traitor by Ava Glass is an easy-to-read page turner, with vivid description,Mediterranean ports-of-call, and tension, as danger lurks behind every page

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Book Review: For Special Services by John Gardner
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Book Review: For Special Services by John Gardner

Man of la BookAugust 24, 2023

The strong plot in the first half of the book is very enjoyable but loses it in a bizarre second half. I enjoyed it very much even though

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Fun Facts Friday: Charlotte Mary Yonge
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Fun Facts Friday: Charlotte Mary Yonge

Man of la BookAugust 11, 2023

Charlotte Mary Yonge was a prolific English author, writing in the service of the Church of England attempting to spread their influence

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Fun Facts Friday: Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Fun Facts Friday: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Man of la BookAugust 4, 2023

Percy Bysshe Shelley was a radical English Romantic poet. Even though he was never famous during his lifetime, Mr. Shelley got growing recognition posthumously

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Fun Facts Friday: Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Fun Facts Friday: Gerard Manley Hopkins

Man of la BookJuly 28, 2023

Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English religious poet and priest. He found fame after his death, and is considered one of the great poets of the Victorian era

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Book Review: Licensed Renewed by John Gardner
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Book Review: Licensed Renewed by John Gardner

Man of la BookJuly 18, 2023

Licensed Renewed updates the Bond to the 1980s. The author accomplishes this task seamlessly, finds his own voice, and does not attempt to write it as Fleming

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Fun Facts Friday: John Gay
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Fun Facts Friday: John Gay

Man of la BookJune 30, 2023

John Gay (30 June, 1685 – 4 December, 1732) was a poet and dramatist from England. Mr. Gay is known for his 1728 ballad The Beggar’s Opera.

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