A Rare Saturday Brattle Bookshop Visit!

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[rondastothers]

Rare books are the best additions to personal library’s. Love to see them, and even better to see one pulled and read.

[lavernehodge]

Very nice haul. I haven't read Colleen McCullough in quite a while. Richard and John sounds so good.

[anettebecker]

Now I want to re-watch I, Claudius ;-)

[DuncanMcCurdie]

Nicholas Blake was the mystery pen name for Cecil Day-Lewis. Probably most famous now for being Daniel’s Dad.

[elenamakridina]

Marcus Corvinus. Good old days. How many jugs of wine we split. No wonder he took such liberties with grammar. Oh, well, I might just revisit after I paid a long surprise visit to Decius Caecilius Metellus then I might stay with Emersons for a really-really long bit.

[vilstef]

In The Lion in Winter: Why does no one mention Geoffrey for King?

Because you've been dead five years, Geoffrey!

[frankmorlock]

Hello, Steve. I just found your channel. It is nice to meet a fellow book enthusiast, and one from my old home town. It is also nice to know the Brattle Bookshop still exists. I used to go there starting when I was in Highschool in the 1950s. It was located near City Hall then moved to a small street between the Park Street and Boylston Metro Stations. Cant remember the name. I thought it had gone out of business many years ago. Where are they located now. Nice reviews. BTW C. Day'Lewis did a nice translation of the Aneid which I read when I was in college At B.U. I recalled, when you mentioned the novels were written by a poet. I thought it was Kenneth Fearing, but later remembered it was Day'Lewis, both good poets ad also novelists that dabbled in crime fiction.

[librariesandlabradors]

I have a goal to read The First Man in Rome this year. I want to read more Colleen McCullough after enjoying The Thorn Birds so much!

[JoseeL]

I've had The Song of Troy by Colleen McCullough for years now, but haven't been inspired to read it yet. Would you recommend?