![]() ![]() The Institute has developed a form of time travel which allows the historians to travel back in time inside fully equipped ‘pods’ in order to investigate some of history’s many mysteries – large and small – at first-hand. She applies for the job and is invited for an interview, but as she is shown around her future place of work, she quickly becomes aware that this is no ordinary academic institute…and that the historians of St Mary’s are no ordinary historians. Max, as she is known, is instantly intrigued she has had a passion for history since discovering a book about Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt as a child. Just One Damned Thing After Another (the title is taken from a quote by Arnold Toynbee) introduces us to Madeleine Maxwell who, as the novel opens, is encouraged by her old schoolteacher and mentor, Mrs de Winter, to apply for the position of historian at St Mary’s Institute of Historical Research. ![]() That’s why, when the publisher made several of the books in the series available through NetGalley a few months ago, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try the first one and see what it was like. ![]() ![]() I’ve been curious about The Chronicles of St Mary’s for a while I enjoy anything to do with time travel, so I thought there was a good chance that I would like these books, but you can never be sure. ![]()
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