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The seventh book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea.
Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”—these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time.” And they aren’t your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets.
The Chronicles of St. Mary’s tells the chaotic adventures of Madeleine Maxwell and her compatriots—Director Bairstow, Leon “Chief” Farrell, Mr. Markham, and many more—as they travel through time, saving St. Mary’s (too often by the very seat of their pants) and thwarting time-travelling terrorists, all the while leaving plenty of time for tea.
“I’ve done some stupid things in my time. I’ve been reckless. I’ve broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me.”
As Max would be the first to admit, she’s never been one for rules. But in Lies, Damned Lies, and History, she’s gone too far and now everyone is paying the price. Grounded until the end of time, how can she ever put things right?
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Download PDF Lies Damned Lies and History The Chronicles of St Mary Book Seven Jodi Taylor 9781597808743 Books
"Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor is just the latest in a series of books that are like potato chips. If you read one, you have to read more. I am envious of those who are just beginning this journey.
Max had a really rough start in life. Her childhood was not gentle. When she struck out on her own, difficulties continued. Then St. Mary's came calling, and her life has been one of rollicking adventure, crazy risk and tight bonds with other Historians. Now, these historians don't sit at their desks, surrounded by dust motes and moldy papers, they travel in time. St. Mary's doesn't like to call it that, of course. They are historians, studying history live and in person. They travel in pods and in small groups and record the events that we view as history. Oh, and they drink tea. Gallons of tea.
This one may have had more close calls and harrowing moments than most, specially for the very pregnant Max. Her husband is a technician at St Mary's and so he understands . Mostly.
I won't say anymore, in order to avoid spoiling it for you, but the ending is a doozy!"
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- Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor is just the latest in a series of books that are like potato chips. If you read one, you have to read more. I am envious of those who are just beginning this journey.
Max had a really rough start in life. Her childhood was not gentle. When she struck out on her own, difficulties continued. Then St. Mary's came calling, and her life has been one of rollicking adventure, crazy risk and tight bonds with other Historians. Now, these historians don't sit at their desks, surrounded by dust motes and moldy papers, they travel in time. St. Mary's doesn't like to call it that, of course. They are historians, studying history live and in person. They travel in pods and in small groups and record the events that we view as history. Oh, and they drink tea. Gallons of tea.
This one may have had more close calls and harrowing moments than most, specially for the very pregnant Max. Her husband is a technician at St Mary's and so he understands . Mostly.
I won't say anymore, in order to avoid spoiling it for you, but the ending is a doozy! - Since reading the first book in this series I’ve accomplished very little else. I go almost seamlessly from the end of one book to the beginning of the next. And I’m very much afraid that I’m going to go into withdrawals when I get to the last currently available book.
Okay, that won’t help someone wondering what these books are about so I’ll give a real review a try St. Mary’s is an organization that conducts historical research by visiting places and events as history is unfolding. Along the way nearly everything that can go wrong does. Fortunately St. Mary’s people are tough, resourceful, and have plenty of tea. They also have humor, unswerving loyalty, and resilience. It’s a wild ride with Max and the gang, with both hysterical highs and heartbreaking lows and among the way you might just learn something.
For my fellow Americans, a warning. These books are not Americanized. They are stuffed to overflowing with British slang and the historical events never cross the pond. Between the two, you will need to keep your wits about you in order to keep up. If you can, you will be well rewarded. Historical events are brought alive, an adventure is always just a step away, characters will endear themselves, and you will both laugh and cry.
But before you start, do your laundry, pay your bills, and stock the pantry because you won’t get much else done. - This series has really grown on me which is sorta amazing since at book 3 I was totally ready to give up on the entire thing. Not only have the plot lines gotten significantly better but the author has figured out how to cause drama in the story without making the love interest characters have some detrimental communication driven catastrophe befall them.
The best part of this story for me has always been the moments in time that the characters go back to and seeing a historic event in a new light. The most significant thus far is the trip back to the time of Arthur and his knights. For one I never realized the Author, Excalibur and the Nights of the Round table was based on a real figure from history (this is one of those times I feel like a stupid American in my utter lack of historical knowledge past the American Revolution). Seeing a possible way that he could travel in and save the day for various communities was great and I was possibly the funniest solution to fighting in a battle that the St. Mary’s men have ever come up with.
This series still suffers from some really choppy sequencing sometimes and I’m a linear thinker so at times it is difficult for me to figure out the flow of the story when sometimes we are present day and other times we are in the past, the past past and the freaking super far past.
Max and Leon really are getting this whole marriage thing down and bravo to Leon for supporting a pregnant Max and accepting her traipsing through time with their unborn son. You know her really wants to lock her up in a room at St Mary’s and make sure she is safe and sound forever. But it seems that he has found a way to deal with Max his marriage and St. Mary’s. I think they will be okay.
‘As Chief Technical Officer I am angrier than I can possibly say. That you could do such a thing beggars belief.’
I unfolded my arms and prepared to disembowel him.
He continued. ‘As your husband, I am mildly exasperated at your inability to stay out of trouble. At this particular moment, I am this unit’s CTO. Later tonight I will be your husband. All right?’
Wow to some of the stuff that happened in this book though. I mean the stuff with Roland near the end was really heart stopping and I almost cheated and looked at the blurb for the next book just to get a clue as to how much trouble Max and babe were really in.
Really it has been some fantastic moments in time and I’m loving the direction the series has taken. - I have snaffled up every one of this series (bar the short stories. I can never get into those). As usual this one did not disappoint. The interesting history bits are always the icing on the cake. The only reason I have rated this 4 instead of 5 is the appearance of magic in the first part of the book with the shaman/protector. I love stories involving magic but it just doesn't work in this series.
It also looks like this book is the end of the series ( Such a damn shame! - Shakespeare once wrote "If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them, is to addict themselves to sherry."
If you have yet addicted yourself to Jodi Taylor's "The Chronicles of St. Mary's," (of which this is the final book), then I recommend you do so forthwith. Time travel at its worst, and funniest, with things constantly going wrong, the entire series is hilarious, gripping, dramatic and filled with little tidbits of historical trivia from the Cretaceous Period to (in this book) King Edward II and his inglorious end. But what happened to his jewels? Find out with the unbelievably stubborn Max as she and her crazy band of semi-criminals stir up eddies all along the timeline.
I recommend starting with the first book, One Damned Thing After Another.
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