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#211

I started this book last night.
One pair of hands by monica dickens
A young women who did not have to work but chose to and become a domestic cook and maid in the 1930s.Let see how it goes.
One pair of hands by monica dickens
A young women who did not have to work but chose to and become a domestic cook and maid in the 1930s.Let see how it goes.
#213

I looked up the book by guy sajer.5 star ratings and i am very interested,but alas far to expensive for me at the moment.
#214

Monica dickens****One pair of hands.A very well written book which is light reading which i found very interesting,with her going from household to household how she was treated and how she got on.Very pleased with the book.
#215

H. R. R. Furmanski
I bought this book for the story it is a short book 49p.This starts as young boy of 5 whose ended up fighting in the war from 1939 onwards and becoming a prisoner of the russians.i found this book to short but very interesting 5*****.
I bought this book for the story it is a short book 49p.This starts as young boy of 5 whose ended up fighting in the war from 1939 onwards and becoming a prisoner of the russians.i found this book to short but very interesting 5*****.
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Life Can Be Cruel: The Story of a German P.O.W. in Russia
H. R. R. Furmanski
I bought this book for the story it is a short book 49p.This starts as young boy of 5 whose ended up fighting in the war from 1939 onwards and becoming a prisoner of the russians.i found this book to short but very interesting 5*****.
H. R. R. Furmanski
I bought this book for the story it is a short book 49p.This starts as young boy of 5 whose ended up fighting in the war from 1939 onwards and becoming a prisoner of the russians.i found this book to short but very interesting 5*****.
#217

I have just read this and all would say it was umh yes it was umh!!!
Romesh ranganathan***Straight outta crawley memories of a distinctly average human being.
Romesh ranganathan***Straight outta crawley memories of a distinctly average human being.
#218

I have started this book two nights ago and at the moment is quite interesting.
Lady in waiting my extraordinary life in the shadow of the crown.By Anne glenconner.
Lady in waiting my extraordinary life in the shadow of the crown.By Anne glenconner.
#220

Hallie Rubenhold
I am finding this book a little bit undecided at the mo, it's going to be the bin or keep going really not sure
I am finding this book a little bit undecided at the mo, it's going to be the bin or keep going really not sure

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"Stalin : At The Court Of The Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Doing this as an audiobook. Not my first exposure to the History of that period. Just as awful as it was when I first came across the horrors of how the revolution devoured its children.
#222

The Covent Garden Ladies: the book that inspired BBC2’s ‘Harlots’
Hallie Rubenhold
I am finding this book a little bit undecided at the mo, it's going to be the bin or keep going really not sure
Hallie Rubenhold
I am finding this book a little bit undecided at the mo, it's going to be the bin or keep going really not sure

John Humphrys
This book is a lot better,i have read a few chapters i will let you know how it goes!
#224

Adam Makos
David L. Mearns
Christian Ryan
Cornelius Ryan
Peter de Rosa
Anthony Drago, Douglas Wellman
Martin Middlebrook
Leo Moynihan, Jonny Owen
Colin Rushton
#225

John Humphrys
I finished this book quite interesting about his life, but very glad it was not longer.
I finished this book quite interesting about his life, but very glad it was not longer.