The Beautiful Game

I rarely mention sport on here but seeing the highlights of the match between Man. City and Arsenal was a revelation. City won 6 - 3 in  a game that had some terrific goals from both sides. A game that makes football "the beautiful game" it is.

Florence Chooses Her Music

Florence chooses the purr-fect music for her Sunday music listening sessions - The PussyCat Dolls of course and their PCD album.

Russell's Classic Tome

The book i have recently been dipping into is Bertrand Russell's great tome "The History Of Western Philosophy" which i had picked up from Faversham the other day for a mere fifty pence, in paperback of course.



Probably it is best to dip into rather than try to read it in a chapter to chapter basis.

Book 57 - Kate Moss "Sepulchre"

Kate Moss "Sepulchre" (Orion)





Our influence upon the universe is nothing more than a whisper. Its essential character, its qualities of light and dark, were set millennia before man attempted to make his mark upon the landscape. The ghosts of those who have gone before are all around us, absorbed into the pattern, the music of the world, if you like. Pg. 317

The year is 1891. Leonie Vernier and her brother escape the increasing violence brewing in the city of Paris to a quiet, countryside estate owned by their widowed Aunt, Domaine de la Cade. What should have been a relaxing time away from the chaos and political unrest of a bustling metropolitan becomes a perilous unfolding of family secrets, murderous obsession, and supernatural manifestations.

Fast forward to 2007 where an aspiring biographer, Meredith Martin sets out to write a groundbreaking expose on the musical legend, Claude Debussy, but discovers that the mysteries of her heritage may prove to be the more exciting task. The past, the present and the future are linked to a deck of missing tarot cards, an unsigned musical score, and a photograph of a nameless stranger. It is up to Meredith to put the missing pieces together, and perhaps lay to rest a riddle that has haunted her family for generations.

I have never walked the street of Paris, but after reading Sepulchre, the streets, the place, the people are no longer just black and white text on a page. Mosse has done her research and it shows in her historical novels as you are transported both to the past and the present day locations of her books. The book itself is a monster, coming in at over 700 pages long, so time and patience are both a required necessity to see this story to fruition. I spent a couple of months reading this tome, and i suggest that any reader who does pick this up, to be willing to invest the time in order to reap the benefits of a well thought out, well executed, historical novel of love, passion, and the bonds that unite us under the banner of family.