Emma
ABOUT ME
Hello there! I’ve been at The Bell Bookshop since 2001 and still get a buzz from bookselling. I started my career as a Classicist then moved into Horticulture but still retain a love for the Ancient World whether it’s Homer ‘s Iliad or Pat Barker’s “Silence of the Girls”.
I enjoy early twentieth century history and fiction and can’t resist books to do with Florence or Rome. However I can’t get enough of thrillers, spies, survival , ghost stories and crime. At the moment my favourite detective is Harry Hole and I have a soft spot for Highsmith’s anti hero Tom Ripley. I’m a sucker for anything that has snow or ice in it…
Most Re-Read Books:
Paul Gallico’s “Snow Goose and Small Miracle”
Austen’s “Pride and Predjudice”
Wilde’s “Happy Prince and Picture of Dorian Gray”
Favourite Tipple:
Vodka Martini
Favourite Films:
Ben Hur, It’s a Wonderful Life, Where Eagles Dare, A Fistful of Dollars and Nacho Libre. The Blackadder box set is always close at hand…Woof!
Some other Favourite Books
Isthak Spilman’s “ The Pianist
Hans Fallada “The Drinker”
Thomas Eidson’s “St Agnes Last Stand”
Zola’s “Therese Racquin”
Stephen King’s “The Green Mile”
Robert Seethaler’s “A whole Life”
Graves’ “I Claudius”