Books Read In 2021

 Books Read In 2021:  Not the longest list...

A Shakespeare Motley:  An Illustrated Compendium   2020

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

Midwinter by John Buchan   1927

Secret Sceptre by Francis Gerard   1937

An Eye For A Tooth by Dornford Yates   1943

Handmade In London by Andrew Lawson   1978

The School for Husbands (play) by Moliere

Fu Manchu’s Bride by Sax Rohmer   1933

The Cheyne Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts   1926

Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc   1906 (I was compelled to read an Arsene Lupin book after utterly enjoying watching the entirety of the 1970s series with the charming Georges Descrieres as Arsene Lupin).

Old Wives’ Lore for Gardeners by Maureen and Bridget Boland   1976

Sennelier:  A History In Color by Pascale Richard   2012

A Garden of My Own:  An Anthology with Wood Engravings by Yvonne Skargon   1996

Unquiet Landscape:  Places and Ideas in 20^th Century British Painting by Christopher Neve   1990  (A very interesting art book that became increasingly melancholic as it progressed, rather sad in parts)

Call in the Night by Susan Howatch   1967

Gardener’s Delight by John Seymour   1978

Notes From Walnut Tree Farm by Roger Deakin   2008

Between Two Worlds by David Ward   2011

Rides Round Britain by John Byng   1790s

The Weight of the Evidence by Michael Innes 1943

The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham   1938  (Another good Campion story, though I didn't enjoy this one as much as some others)

Spirit of Place:  Artists, Writers & The British Landscape by Susan Owens   2020  (A lovely and fascinating book that is worth re-reading in the future)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 1997 (first time reading this, I suppose because it was so popular I shunned it, though loved the film)

The Folklore of Sussex by Jacqueline Simpson  1973

Legends and Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence (began)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling   1998

Christmas:  Penhaligon’s Scented Treasury of Verse and Prose, edited by Sheila Pickles   1989

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper   1973 (a re-read)

The Secret Shoemakers by James Reeves 1966