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"But that is the purpose of it. Books are designed to give you a wide sense of imagination. They were created so all of us can see beyond the physical world. I am not a good reader but I still can't stop myself from reading a lot of books about keeping calmness in my heart. If you ask me why I read those kinds of books, I will give you a lot of answers you would be pleased to hear." "I wish that was easy to actually do. I am more of a fan of historical books. I like reading about the dark ages and how medieval men lived their lives when the Catholic Church was killing millions of innocent people in the name of God." "So, you do read a lot?" The woman cut me quickly. "I didn't say I read a lo

The kind of noting that did not feel like noting at the time and revealed itself later as a catalogue when you went looking, which I had not gone looking but was apparently looking now, standing on the pavement outside Fielding's on a Tuesday in March. History. She read history. Not the popular kind, not the narrative history of television documentaries and airport bookshops, though I did not think she was opposed to those on principle. The specific kind. Social history. The history of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. A book about the women who ran businesses in medieval England whose husbands were at war. A book about the domestic interior life of sixteenth century Antwerp. T

What were the actual consequences for a noblewoman’s actions, beyond the novel’s plot-driven punishments? Fenwick’s eyes lit up with genuine interest. “Ah! A commendable pursuit, my Lady. Clarity is often found in the wisdom of the past, especially after such a… jolt to the system.” He bustled towards a section of shelves. “Let me see… For the history of the kingdom, Bancroft’s ‘Annals of Aethelgard’ is comprehensive, though dense. For lineage and heraldry, ‘The Peerage of the Realm’ by Lord Ellsworth is indispensable. And for the laws…” He pulled down a thick, imposing volume bound in dark leather. “…the ‘Codex Justicus’. The definitive compilation, though it requires a patient mind.”