tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post8118106666509220104..comments2024-03-08T17:06:56.189+00:00Comments on mrs miniver's daughter: maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-64424505807052050032017-01-24T15:31:25.409+00:002017-01-24T15:31:25.409+00:00Your friend might like this, Veronica - it's d...Your friend might like this, Veronica - it's definitely a blow by blow account. I did better once they reached London and at least there was the interest of knowing the geography. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-51656188159429879382017-01-24T15:04:10.788+00:002017-01-24T15:04:10.788+00:00I did enjoy that series, Mary. It's a shame th...<br />I did enjoy that series, Mary. It's a shame the book was so dull; I'm afraid I find most military history stuff pretty dull but my best friend loves it and doesn't really do novels...there's no accounting for taste!Vronni's Style Meanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122302881528071270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-49354189520743793662017-01-24T14:14:43.442+00:002017-01-24T14:14:43.442+00:00I'd vaguely heard of him, Callmemadam, but if ...I'd vaguely heard of him, Callmemadam, but if this was his best-seller, I'm through - it's only worth reading out of historical curiosity. I read my first Eric Ambler, too. I have a feeling I scribbled down a few more from the series but I seem to have lost my list - or it's buried on my desk.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554985023503646664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-731398893178184544.post-18521056413265011502017-01-24T08:53:03.509+00:002017-01-24T08:53:03.509+00:00When Andrew Marr talked about the earliest spy sto...When Andrew Marr talked about the earliest spy story, I was expecting him to cite <i>The Riddle of the Sands</i> but no, he picked Le Queux, whom I'd never heard of.<br />What you say doesn't encourage me to read him!<br /><br />As a result of watching the programme I have read my first Eric Ambler, which was quite good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com