Penguins FTW

[chickenfeet]

I just took a wee sanity break and wandered over to the book shop across the street. I see there is now a whole series of Penguins of what might loosely be described as "guilty pleasure" reads of the late 19th and early 20th century with wonderfully retro covers. There is Rider Haggard and Conan-Doyle, Erskine Childers and John Buchan, Anthony Hope and Bram Stoker. There are probably lots more. I was impressed.

Being me though I came away with Robert Hutchinson's bio of Sir Francis Walsingham though I was sorely tempted by a bio of Edward VI.

Comments

John Buchan

[nanila]

I read The 39 Steps on the train back from Cambridge on Monday morning. Now I really want to see the film!

Re: John Buchan

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

As so often, I don't think the film is as good as the book. There is a very good BBC Radio version. Also "Greenmantle" and "Mr. Standfast".

[oursin.livejournal.com]

According to Slightly Foxed, most recent issue, it appears that somebody is reissuing at least the Sapper Bulldog Drummond novels. Can Dornford Yates be far behind (he is more the snobbery, Sapper is more the violence, in the Snobbery with Violence stakes)?

Snobbery with Violence

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

That pretty much defines my guilty pleasures genre!

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up! Not only am I likely to find something for myself, I have a friend for whom a couple of those will make perfect Christmas gifts!

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

sounds better than marking!

[ironed_orchid]

Those retro penguins are what my family are getting for christmas. Best ever!

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

I'd pay good money for a Francis Walsingham bio!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

There were two. I chose the fatter one.