1,411 QI Facts is yet another book of trivia from the creator of the TV panel game show. As with the previous books, the facts are all Quite Interesting. The rest of the title is just hype, as far as I’m concerned. The facts aren’t organized in an obvious manner, such as by topic or…
Dark Fire is the second in the Shardlake series, and it’s another good one. It starts quite quietly. A girl has been accused of pushing a boy, her cousin, down a well. She has refused to speak since the incident and won’t even plead at her trial. Shardlake is asked to represent her and tries…
1,339 QI Facts is another collection of facts from the creator of the TV panel game show. As with the previous book, the facts are all Quite Interesting. Whether they’ll make your jaw drop is another matter. The facts aren’t organized in an obvious manner, such as facts on geography or biology grouped together. However,…
Fatal Passage is a biography of Scotsman John Rae, the man who discovered the fate of Sir John Franklin’s expedition to find the North-West Passage – the Fatal Passage of the title. It takes us from Rae’s childhood on Orkney, through his years working for the Hudson Bay Company, to his old age and death…
