just one damned thing after another series

'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything. And Max soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting.īOOK 1 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIESįor fans of Jasper Fforde, Doctor Who, Genevieve Cogman and Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club When Dr Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they revisit it.īut one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. If the whole of History lay before you, where would you go? Marys See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 325.00 2 Used from 325. Marys Book 1) Kindle Edition by Jodi Taylor (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 7,533 ratings Book 1 of 14: Chronicles of St. Meet St Mary's - a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets who hurtle their way around History. Just One Damned Thing After Another (Chronicles of St. 'A great mix of British properness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' ***** Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. Perfect holiday reading in my opinion.'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Having said that, I loved the book and will definitely read the next one. Great fun, but I’d like to see her get a break occasionally. I’m not surprised that Max was exhausted, I was myself. The other thing that I wasn’t completely sure of was the mad pace of the action – it felt as though there was literally no down time. Perhaps I’ll pick that up in the next book. Jodi Taylor pulls it off some of the time but I would have liked to have gained a better sense of Leon, especially since he’s clearly important. I’ve seen it done – the early Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters manage to convey a wide variety of characters very successfully. I admit that on the whole I’m not a fan of first person narratives as I often find the other characters don’t come across strongly enough. The things I wasn’t quite so keen on, have more to do with my own personal taste than this book, which I think is great.

The plot is detailed and fairly frenetic – she gets through a huge amount of action very quickly so there is no chance of anybody getting bored. Her characters are entertaining and have enough variety to keep things interesting.

The concept of historians travelling back to the past isn’t new but I’ve never seen it handled in quite such detail before. It’s fairly light-hearted although there are one or two quite shocking moments thrown in. This is a really fun book and I enjoyed it. I finally got around to it and I’m glad I did. I admit I kept putting off reading this book although several people told me I’d love it.

Just one damned thing after another series