Frenchman's Creek

3.5 Pls czy mogę przeczytać książkę, która mnie zachwyci?? Bo od miesiąca głównie wszystko co czytam, jest tylko w porządku 😂......more

Loved this book. It had pirates. It had Frenchmen. It had a love story. It had intrigue. It had scandal. It had clean language. It had beautiful writing. It's a great read.......more

"Do you remember my father’s aviary in Hampshire, and how the birds there were well fed, and could fly about their cage? And one day I set a linnet free, and it flew straight out of my hands towards the sun?... Because I feel like that. Like the linnet before it flew." If you’ve ever felt confined, i......more

A romantic, swashbuckling type of tale from the talented Daphne du Maurier that, unfortunately, fell flat for me. Lady Dona St. Columb is a noblewoman in 17th century England, discontented with her husband, family, the British court, and pretty much everything in her life. She takes out her frustrat......more

I. Am. Shook. I had no expectation or idea of this book, as I never read book blurbs and haven't seen any of the adaptations. But seriously ... decadence; such a free-spirited but self aware female protagonist; a creek of wonder; one of the best butlers in fiction; antagonist that are fully realised......more