We entered my apartment, and I flipped on the lights.
A Death in East Berlin by Richard Wake
If you can find some used copies, I’d highly recommend A History of the Plantagenets by Thomas Costain. The four volumes are The Conquering Family, The Magnificent Century, The Three Edwards, and The Last Plantagenets.
And don’t omit Below the Salt, also by Costain.
Thanks. Enjoying the Dan Jones so far. In fact, I’ve ordered his follow-up book, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors. But I’ll keep an eye out for those others, as this is a time period I’m very interested in.
“The first shovel-load missed his torso and struck his neck, sending soil flying up his nostrils and into his mouth.”
-The Secret Life of Houdini - The Making of America’s First Superhero, by William Kalush and Larry Sloman
“Twenty-seven hours before she decided to die, Nora Seed sat on her dilapidated sofa scrolling through other people’s happy lives, waiting for something to happen.”
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
“A tall swordsman and a small one strode out the Marsh Gate of Lankhmar and east along Causey Road.”
Leiber, Fritz. Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 2) (p. 1). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition.
(yeah, I’m re-reading them)
“When a journey begins badly it rarely ends well.”
Jules Verne The Floating Island
“It was spring of 1915 when the German army first unleashed weaponized chlorine gas on Allied soldiers in World War I.”
Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity, by Andreas Wagner.
“In April 2008, Neal Logiudice finally subpoenaed me to appear before the grand jury.”
Defending Jacob, by William Landay
" ‘Friedman!’ "
“I open my eyes and look up.”
Sidetracked, by Diana Harmon Asher
“It’s been just over a year since we met the up-timers at Alte Veste,” Edgar Neustatter said.
Missions of Security - Björn Hasseler (Ring of Fire)
“Joe came pedaling into our yard, going like sixty, and did one of those laid down spin stops that throw gravel and grass everywhere.”
The Little Bastards - Jim Lindsay
“What will the future be?”
Vivid Tomorrows: On Science Fiction and Hollywood, by David Brin
“In watermelon sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar.”
In Watermelon Sugar - Richard Brautigan
“Years before the cherry blossoms charmed Collingwood Ingram, there lived a pure albino jackdaw called Darlie.”
The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan’s Cherry Blossoms, by Naoko Abe.
“Mid-September in the year of Our Lord’s grace, 1431 had perfect weather, warm and dry.”
The Novice’s Tale, by Margaret Frazier
“Raye Means needed someone to give her a chance.”
Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering , by Paige Bowers and David R. Montague.
(Yes, I’m reading this at @DendariiDame 's recommendation)
“As soon as she stepped through the gate Lucinda Carlyle knew the planet had been taken, and knew it would be worth taking back.”
Newton’s Wake, by Ken MacLeod.
(This is the best first sentence of a book that I’ve read so far this year.)
“How lucky were they? A heat wave in the middle of the school holidays, exactly where it belonged.”
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson