** This is a cross-post from my personal blog, Ask Nicola ** Yesterday I was feeling torpid and decided to actually read some of the free books I downloaded a few weeks ago, last time I was feeling ill. I read King Solomon’s Mines by (Sir) H(enry) Rider Haggard. I’d always assumed I’d read it […]

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