tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post3119483119519838773..comments2023-11-02T14:03:21.567+00:00Comments on Chip Dale's Diary: The Mayday HolidayBig Chip Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-26877514498095871122007-05-08T17:42:00.000+00:002007-05-08T17:42:00.000+00:00I'm totally incapable of reading biographies. In f...I'm totally incapable of reading biographies. In fact, I can't think of the last one I read to the end -- perhaps one about Churchill some time ago. Unfortunately, I find they all have the same story: birth, life, death. I know it will never be uplifting.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-31472832907435493082007-05-06T11:10:00.000+00:002007-05-06T11:10:00.000+00:00Funny - I'm just now reading a biography of Eleano...Funny - I'm just now reading a biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine. It's not quite the same as a novel but pretty damn exciting just the same. My favourite name so far is Count Alfonso Jordan: he sounds like one of your colleagues, Chippy! (Bjut alas, he was poisoned. Hardly anyone in this book reaches much more than about 37.)Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-25312625793189154362007-05-05T23:22:00.000+00:002007-05-05T23:22:00.000+00:00Oh, now you've got me intrigued. Just checked it o...Oh, now you've got me intrigued. Just checked it out on Amazon and it's out of print, but that's good. I hate books that just go with a trend. I'll have to find it second-hand, but it sounds just the sort of thing I'm after.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Jan.Big Chip Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05585365213244296058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404143683835677190.post-41280493755558689602007-05-05T21:41:00.000+00:002007-05-05T21:41:00.000+00:00Have you tried "Knight Crusader" by Ronald Welch? ...Have you tried "Knight Crusader" by Ronald Welch? Good old fashioned writing and better still its very even handed.Jan Tregeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098707499292254956noreply@blogger.com