Ever since I was a child, I have enjoyed reading detective stories. This includes Enid Blyton’s adventure tales like the Famous Five and Secret Seven and, a little later, the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was in these stories that I first met the murder mystery. My absolute favourite Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles, makes excellent use of the creepy moors and a haunting hound. It is a thrilling read with a mysterious death …
Author: Eilis O'Sullivan
→Eilis is a bibliophile who enjoys indulging in historical fiction, fantasy, classics, biography, and all sorts of non-fiction. Her goal in life is to one day read every single book on her shelves, which may never come.
Between 2016-2020, there have been three bicentenaries celebrating the lives of the Brontë sisters, Emily, Charlotte, and Anne. Even if you don’t recognise their names it is unlikely that you …
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One of my favourite aspects of children’s literature is the way that the unbelievable and impossible become believable and possible. Take for example The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh …
As a history geek, I have always been fascinated by anything related to the First World War. This includes literature that focuses on the War and the experience of the …
I have always loved reading biographies about historical figures. One of the things I find most interesting is when you reach the moment of their death, as it is here …
When I open a fantasy book for the first time, I automatically seek out a map that will divulge the world that I have just decided to explore. There is …
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