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Cliveden Literary Festival: History, Politics, and Decadence at Cliveden House

4th September 2017 by Gemma Leave a Comment

Cliveden Literary Festival - Cliveden House Hotel facadeCliveden House Hotel (photo from Luxurious Magazine)cliveden literary festival

 
One of my many interests is visiting stately homes and historic residences. There’s a few of them in London, but the remarkably grand ones are outside the capital, far from any form of public transport. Palatial houses come with extensive grounds and beautiful gardens after all.

My husband and I keep a list of houses we want to visit but we’ve never come across Cliveden House. It is jointly owned and looked after by the National Trust and Iconic Luxury Hotels. The former handles the gardens and the grounds while the latter manages the house as a luxury hotel.

Imagine my delight when I was asked to look around the place in anticipation of the Cliveden Literary Festival!

So why hold one at Cliveden House? That would involve some history-telling, so bear with me and I’ll try to keep this as short as possible!…

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Filed Under: england, history, non-fiction, travel, travel: 2017 Tagged With: travel, travel: 2017, uk: berkshire

Reading Challenge 2015: Persepolis

25th August 2015 by Gemma Leave a Comment

Persepolis

Been a while since I’ve done the Reading Challenge! I reckon I’ll be failing on this. *sigh* Anyway.

Reading Challenge Items:
✓ 26. A memoir
✓ 40. A graphic novel

Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel, published in 2000, and was created by Marjane Sartrapi detailing her life from childhood to young adulthood during and after the Islamic Revolution. It starts off in her homeland Iran, the circumstances leading to her being sent abroad, and then back to Iran (although it does not end there of course). The novel begins with Marjane at ten years old, who I found was quite a politically informed girl at her age. Through her maternal grandfather, she is a descendant of the royal family, so I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising she was exposed to politics quite early, and her views were influenced by her parents (as all/most children do at that age).

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Filed Under: autobiography, books, books: 2015, graphic novel, history, non-fiction Tagged With: autobiography, book review, books, books: 2015, books: reading challenge, graphic novel, history, non-fiction

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