Old Soul, Young Heart

Ken Follett is an author that I discovered while I was in England. My house mum and dad had encouraged me to read a book of his entitled "The Pillars of the Earth" because it was about building cathedrals in England during the 1100s. Once they had heard that I loved cathedrals, they thought I would enjoy the book. They were right! I also read a second book of Follett's while I was in England called "World Without End" which is kind of a follow-up to the first book and includes the same characters in a future generation. I love Follett's writing style, so I wanted to enjoy another book of his. "Whiteout" is about a pharmaceutical company in Scotland that holds samples of dangerous diseases in order to study the effects on animals, as well as potentially find cures. There is a plot by criminals to steal a sample for biological warfare. It's action-packed and would probably make an interesting movie. I enjoyed this book, but was bored at ce

I first learned of Georgiana from the movie,  The Duchess . I saw the movie in the theater around the time that I started to become obsessed with England. I loved Pride and Prejudice from 2004 and this movie also starred Keira Knightley, was set in England, and was a period piece... so really it was just a perfect mix of everything I love. At the time I didn't know that the movie was based on a real person. I've had this book for awhile and, to be quite honest, read about the first 100 pages and skimmed the rest. It is really dense. I'm pretty sure the author, Amanda Foreman, used this book as her Ph.D. dissertation, so it's very detailed and involved. It is a true biography and would be good to use as a part of a research paper or something. The historical side of what I skimmed was interesting. It fascinates me to learn about the way of life in the past--"proper" ways to be, the culture of the place and time, attitudes about issues, etc. Of cou