Books Read

Well I've finished 3 more books (I tend to alternate books as I'm reading).

The first was Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen by Joyce Tyldesley in which she goes over what is known about the reign of Akhenaten, revealing the myriad theories that abound in Egyptology and giving her opinion as to which are the more credible - I now no longer think it likely that Nefertiti ruled as Smenkhare. 

Then comes Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World by Oliver Morton where the author tells of the history of our speculations about Mars, what the probes have revealed and what will we do when we get there eg should we terraform it?

Finally there's Lord of the Dead by Tom Holland in which the author turns Lord Byron into a vampire. I cannot recommend this book. For most of the book he has Byron telling his story to his descendent thereby removing any suspense as he goes on and on. Far better if the story had been written as the events of the novel were happening. He also leaves a few loose ends which he may not even have realized were loose ends ie he creates a  vampire named Lovelace, which is the the title of the man Byron's daughter Ada married, so is there any relation and if not why did he use that name? Anyway I'm adding Byron's name to the list of real life people that writers have vamped including the Comte de Saint-Germain and Henry Fitzroy, the illegitimate son of Henry the VIII. Know of any others?