Hi emptynest,

Thanks for your comments about Melvyn Bragg. You also mentioned another author I have been wondering about! I have never read any of Salman Rushdie’s books because the content has not appealed to me. However, his latest – The Enchantress of Florence - is quite different to anything he has written before. I read a newspaper extract which I quite enjoyed but I am not sure if I would enjoy the whole book (368 pages!).

I wonder if anyone has read The Enchantress of Florence. Again it is in hardback (!) but it is on special offer in Waterstone’s and Borders at present.

Thanks again emptynest.