Keating Blackwood is Fenton’s cousin and has been living exiled in the country for several years. She has friends that accept her as she is and isn’t dependent on anyone but herself. Although she misses her old life, Camille has settled into her new one at the Tantalus quite well. Her employers have barred her father and Fenton from the club so she can be as comfortable as possible. Camille doesn’t want to encounter people from her former life. She works and lives there and seldom leaves the grounds. (Interested in the background of the Tantalus? Click here!) Finally, Camille ends up at the Tantalus Club. Her friends are no more welcoming than her family…they do not want to be associated with her. When she returns to her parents house later in the day, they tell her she is only welcome if she goes through with the wedding. Camille just couldn’t go through with a marriage to a virtual stranger, so she ran away. Their fathers were friends and wanted to unite the families. Lady Camille Pryce and Stephen Pollard, Marquess of Fenton, were betrothed as children. But what if the jilted fiancé wants his runaway bride back – but can’t be bothered to try? Interesting things can happen, faithful reader! When a young lady leaves her fiancé at the altar, there are always consequences, aren’t there? Usually unpleasant ones. C2’s review of Taming an Impossible Rogue (Tantalus Club, Book 2) by Suzanne Enoch
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In other words, Black children have the same universal childhood experiences that any other human revels in as a kid, and they should be able to see that part of their lives reflected in the stories on their bookshelves. Black children believe in the tooth fairy, get scared when they contemplate their first ride on the school bus, look for dragons in their closets, have best friends who get into mischief with them. But I’m infinitely more interested in stories that celebrate the everyday beauty of being a little human of color. Don’t get me wrong: I appreciate that those books give our history an airing for our babies. I’m particularly drawn to books that speak to the human experience of African American children, beyond the typical subjects saddled on them, like the Civil Rights Movement, slavery, and the lives of sports and music icons. I’ve always loved children’s books-the illustrations, the color, the whimsy, the beauty of the stories. Augustus's rulership is a period of stabilisation after the civil wars that brought the Roman Republic to its knees. I, Claudius, the novel, covers the reigns of the emperors Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula. In both media, the narrator is Claudius, writing towards the end of his rule and anticipating imminent assassination, but also the fulfilment of a prophesy that his record of events will be discovered nineteen centuries hence. The television series was based on Robert Graves' eponymous novel, together with its sequel Claudius the God. He spends his time reading and writing history books.įollowing the assassination of the demented emperor Caligula, a farcical twist of fate has Claudius being hailed his successor, and then surprising everybody by proving a competent ruler. It has a superb cast led by Derek Jacobi as the lame, stammering nobleman Claudius, taken for an idiot by his family and the Roman court, and left to his own devices while they pursue their bloody power games. 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