A third of adults are reading more now than before lockdown. Picture: Pixabay I ONCE wrote on this very page that my New Year resolution was to read War and Peace. Four years on, the spine of that book remains unbroken. It was on telly at the time so I bought the book. There’s a lovely photo of the cast in period costume on the cover; it looks nice on my bookshelf, but I’ll never read it. Has anyone actually read it? I know someone who once tried and gave up less than a quarter of the way in.
In a video to welcome readers to her Instagram-based Reading Room, Camilla said: To me, reading is a great adventure. I ve loved it since I was very small and I d love everybody else to enjoy it as much as I do. You can escape, and you can travel, and you can laugh and you can cry. There s every type of emotion humans experience in a book.
Camilla s latest project comes after she first
shared her reading recommendations during the first national lockdown in April 2020. She also shared her
summer reading list in August to give royal fans inspiration over the holidays.
By Press Association 2021
The Duchess of Cornwall has chosen the final instalment of Dame Hilary Mantelâs Wolf Hall Trilogy as a recommendation for her Reading Room project. Eddie Mulholland/The Daily Telegraph
The Duchess of Cornwall has recommended the final instalment of Dame Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy for fans logging on to her online book club.
Camilla spoke about her love of literature as her Reading Room’s first four titles were announced, saying reading was a “great adventure” that allowed people to laugh and cry with a good book.
Mantel’s The Mirror And The Light has been picked by the duchess alongside William Boyd’s Restless, Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak.
By Press Association 2021
The Duchess of Cornwall has chosen the final instalment of Dame Hilary Mantelâs Wolf Hall Trilogy as a recommendation for her Reading Room project. Eddie Mulholland/The Daily Telegraph
The Duchess of Cornwall has recommended the final instalment of Dame Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy for fans logging on to her online book club.
Camilla spoke about her love of literature as her Reading Room’s first four titles were announced, saying reading was a “great adventure” that allowed people to laugh and cry with a good book.
Mantel’s The Mirror And The Light has been picked by the duchess alongside William Boyd’s Restless, Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak.