Carmel's Corner

Historical fiction is my favourite genre interspersed with family sagas. Here are some of the titles I read in January. Five of the best 1. ...

A All About Ella by Meredith Appleyard P Portrait of an unknown woman by Daniel Silva R Revenge in Rubies by A.M. Stuart I In a Great ...

Image by  Gerd Altmann  from Pixabay Collections in LibraryThing A lively discussion on #ANZAncestryTime  about genealogy books prompted me ...

150 years on While in London to visit a newly arrived grandchild and his parents, I've had the opportunity to visit the British Libr...

It was a cold and windy day in Prague so after exploring the squares, alleyways and delights of the Old Town we decided to take a tra...

The Tailor’s Girl by Fiona MacIntosh This is another delightful historical story from the author of The French Promise and Fields of La...

2014 Reading challenge I've joined the challenge for 2014 at Historical Tapestry . This is my favourite genre and by joining the cha...

Australian publications in time for Christmas 1913 While browsing through an historic newspaper on Trove , I found this advertisement for ...