Jacky Colliss Harvey
Author of Red: A History of the Redhead
About the Author
Jacky Colliss Harvey is the author of My Life as a Redhead: A Journal and the forthcoming The Animal's Companion. She studied English at Cambridge University and art history at the Courtauld Institute. She works in museum publishing and is a commentator and reviewer who speaks on the arts and their show more relation to popular culture. Her red hair has also found her an alternative career as a life model and a film extra. She divides her time between New York and London. show less
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- Jacky Colliss Harvey read English at Cambridge, and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute. She has worked in museum publishing for the last twenty years, and is known as a commentator and reviewer, speaking in both the UK and abroad on the arts and their relation to popular culture. At the same time, her red hair has also found her an alternative career as a life model and a film extra, playing everything from a society lady in Atonement to a Parisian whore in Bel-Ami.
Her first book Red: A Natural History of the Redhead (Black Dog and Leventhal in the US and Allen & Unwin in the UK) was published in 2015 to critical acclaim.
Jacky is now at work on a follow up title.
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Red: A History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey
From the color bookbox, Just where did red hair come from? The "red hair gene" is a specific recessive variant of tyhe MC1R gene, but there are other genes that get into the mix. Then the author gets into history, with the Kingdomof Thrace that existed from 1000 BC in Turkey and Greece - and were very violent red haired warriors. She also delves into superstitions - or are they? Prejudice for and against redheads & finishes up with a red hair annual gathering in Breda. Interesting book.
Would have been more enjoyable at about half the length and without trying to be inspirational. IE would have been a really nice long blog post!
Jack Fiskardo is now a captain in the Swedish army, leading a group called the Discoverers. As the army presses into Germany, Jack is still bent on vengeance and suspects that colleague of his superior is not totally trustworthy. His team travel to a village seeking a letter that will prove treachery and witness the destruction of Magdeburg. Jack now seeks revenge on the Prince-Bishop of Prague as well as Carlos Fantom.
It is difficult to actually precise the plot in this novel as there are so many strands that interweave mirroring the complexities of politics in the 17th century. The story romps along at a pace and criss-crosses the continent, introducing new characters and the return of oold ones. The set pieces are visceral but there is a broad streak of humour running through the book which only enhances the sense of time and place. I loved the first book in this series and I streaked through this one because it is brilliant historical fiction!… (more)
It is difficult to actually precise the plot in this novel as there are so many strands that interweave mirroring the complexities of politics in the 17th century. The story romps along at a pace and criss-crosses the continent, introducing new characters and the return of oold ones. The set pieces are visceral but there is a broad streak of humour running through the book which only enhances the sense of time and place. I loved the first book in this series and I streaked through this one because it is brilliant historical fiction!… (more)
Jean Fiskardo, soldier, husband and father, is pulled back to complete a task, an assassination that will free France from the yolk of tyranny. However instead of getting paid he is murdered to silence him and his wife is hunted down. His young son, Petit Jacques, is left to fend for himself. As Jack grows up he finds out the truth about his parents deaths and vows vengeance on the two men involved, his search taken him across a Europe embattled.
This is a terrific book which uses as its background the Thirty Years War. The research is immense, from the death of Colini to the battles to the life of the Jews of Golden Age Amsterdam it really feels immersive. OK so the characterisation is lacking a little at times but the action is gripping and the story incredibly engaging. I can't wait for the next episode.… (more)
This is a terrific book which uses as its background the Thirty Years War. The research is immense, from the death of Colini to the battles to the life of the Jews of Golden Age Amsterdam it really feels immersive. OK so the characterisation is lacking a little at times but the action is gripping and the story incredibly engaging. I can't wait for the next episode.… (more)
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