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Aug. 1st, 2021

selenak: (Chiana by Ruuger)
Wiki summary: While Crichton is out exploring a wormhole in an EV suit, he's pulled inside. There he finds himself face to face with a mysterious being who warns Crichton of the dangers of wormhole navigation and determines that Crichton may have to die because of what he knows.

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selenak: (Émilie du Chatelet)
Subtitle: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Still catching up with reviewing books I read weeks ago, because RL keeps being insanely busy: [personal profile] kathyh mentioned this one to me, and as it overlaps with several areas of interest to me, I read and enjoyed it. It's entertaining, and accomplishes the feat of covering some of the most insanely complicated eras of European history (=> Thirty Years War, I'm just saying) in a way that should makes it comprehensible to a readership who doesn't know their Tilly from their Wallenstein while at the same time doesn't bore or annoy an audience (yours truly being a case in point) who does. This mighty deed is achieved by telling its story as a family soap opera saga with power games, love affairs, schemes and various gruesome defeats and victories against the odds.

Some of the high- and lowlights beneath the cut, with spoilers for history )

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