![]() His daughter Lucrezia, aged twenty-two, already thrice married and a pawn in her father’s plans, is discovering her own power. It is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womaniser and master of political corruption is now on the Papal throne as Alexander VI. Here is a thrilling exploration of the House of Borgia’s doomed years, in the company of a young diplomat named Niccolo Machiavelli. In the Name of the Family – as Blood and Beauty did before – holds up a mirror to a turbulent moment of history, sweeping aside the myths to bring alive the real Borgia family complicated, brutal, passionate and glorious. ![]() Published by Virago, In the Name of the Family is available for purchase here. ![]() However, as a treat for us all I do have an extract from In the Name of the Family to share with you today. Having studied Machiavelli in my university days I so wish I’d had time to read In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant ready for these launch celebrations. ![]() Netgalley Advocate Netgalley General Data Protection Regulations ![]() The Hidden Creatures of Hackney by Ben Eady.Discussing The Rice Birds with Lindy Keane Carter.Harriet’s Hungry Worms by Samantha Smith and Melissa Johns. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Students prepared artwork, books, and questions to share with the illustrator during a virtual school visit. They turned shapes into people, tried a technique with watercolors called “glazing,” and illustrated their own stories. During Zoom meetings, they watched a series of instructional art videos with Ransome on KitLit TV. Young writers were particularly drawn to the illustrations. One student drew a portrait of Ransome in preparation for the virtual visit. Additionally, the storyline was one that many children could connect with during the pandemic-siblings spending time together and going on a walk to the store. Johnson’s text includes repetition, dialogue, and sentence structures that students could approximate in their own writing. While writing personal narratives in fall 2020, Kelsey’s class studied a mentor text: Do Like Kyla (Scholastic), written by Angela Johnson and illustrated by James Ransome. Gaia Cornwell’s Jabari Jumps (Candlewick) illustrates optimism and strategies for releasing fear. ![]() ![]() I’m vaguely certain I’ve read a few of the original stories. I always mean to watch them and then never end up getting around to it. Okay, I have to admit: I am not the greatest fan of Sherlock Holmes, or Sherlock Holmes themed things.Īs in, I don’t really seek them out. ![]() But danger is mounting and nowhere is safe-and the only people they can trust are each other. Jamie and Charlotte are being framed for murder, and only Charlotte can clear their names. But when a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. From everything Jamie has heard about Charlotte, it seems safer to admire her from afar.įrom the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else. ![]() But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s great-great-great-granddaughter, who has inherited not only Sherlock’s genius but also his volatile temperament. ![]() The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. The two of us, we’re the best kind of disaster. ![]() |