Bess of Hardwick (Susan Elkin reviews)
Of course there have been many biographies of Bess of Harwick. Eventually the Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury, she was probably the richest...
Of course there have been many biographies of Bess of Harwick. Eventually the Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury, she was probably the richest...
I recently spent a few days with a dear old friend who lives in Cornwall. Horse was lying on her coffee table...
We all read at different levels. I used to tell my students that it was fine to be enjoying Henry Fielding one...
Eric Tucker, who died in 2018, left a former Warrington council house full of messy hoardings and over 500 paintings that he’d...
A digital conversation with one of the most loyal followers of Susan’s Bookshelves recently came round to Franz Kafka. My correspondent was...
Published in 2022, this book became a runaway, international best seller and I can see why. It tells a devastatingly gritty story...
Published in 2024, this heart-warming novel was recommended by a friend whose reading tastes are nearly as eclectic as mine. Nick Bradley’s...
I read The Catcher in the Rye decades ago, when I was a teacher-training student at Bishop Otter College, Chichester. In their...