The Secret Crown by Chris Kuzneski

The Secret Crown by Kuzneski
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another good read with lots of factual information especially surrounding King Ludwig 2nd of Bavaria.
A thoroughly entertaining read!

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Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler

Crescent Dawn by Clive Cussler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another great read from the master. Cussler's books always cheer me up and the books are always action packed.

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May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt

May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book. Very funny and lots of twists and turns. Holt at his best!

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Confessions of An English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I din't enjoy this very much, I just could not get to grips with it.

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Amazon Synopsis:
In the first part of this famous work, published in 1821 but then revised and expanded in 1856, De Quincey vividly describes a number of experiences during his boyhood which he implies laid the foundations for his later life of helpless drug addiction. The second part consists of his remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of opium, ostensibly offered as a muted apology for the course his life had taken but often reading like a celebration of it. The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is thus both a classic of English autobiographical writing the prose equivalent, in its own time, of Wordsworths The Prelude or Growth of a Poets Mind and at the same time a crucial text in the long history of the Western Worlds ambivalent relationship with hard drugs. Full of psychological insight and colourful descriptive writing, it surprised and fascinated De Quinceys contemporaries and has continued to exert its powerful and eccentric appeal ever since.