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My Name is Markham Kindle Edition

by Jodi Taylor (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 1,530
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A Chronicles of St Mary's short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.

Like a smaller and much scruffier Greta Garbo - finally - Markham speaks!

It's Christmas and time for the first (and almost certainly last) St Mary's Annual Children's Christmas Party - attendance compulsory, by order of Dr Bairstow. Discovered practising his illegal reindeer dance and poo-dropping routine, our hero, along with fellow disaster-magnets Peterson and Maxwell, is despatched to Anglo-Saxon England to discover the truth about Alfred and the cakes.

In his own words, our hero reveals Major Guthrie's six-point guide to a successful assignment and the Security Section's true opinion of the History Department. And of historians in general. And of one historian in particular.

And, just to be clear, it is time travel, for God's sake. Forget all that pretentious 'investigating major historical events in contemporary time' rubbish.

This is history without the capital 'H'. Because this is the way the Security Section rolls!

 Readers love Jodi Taylor:

'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me'

'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun'

'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it'

'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked'

'A tour de force'

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About the Author

Jodi Taylor is, and always has been, a history nut. Her Chronicles of St. Mary’s, a wild mix of history, adventure, comedy, romance, tragedy, and anything else the author could think of, began as a self-published book entitled Just One Damned Thing After Another. It’s now a bestselling, wildly addictive series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08739QG78
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Headline (January 1, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 996 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 44 pages
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Jodi Taylor is the author of the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary’s series, the story of a bunch of disaster-prone historians who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel!

Born in Bristol and educated in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and pick up a pen. She still has no idea what she wants to do when she grows up.

You can keep up with all the latest developments at St Mary’s on her Facebook page.

www.facebook.com/AuthorJodiTaylor

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Dave Sherman
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2020
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I'm still laughing. Her writing is hilarious. The problem is that I read the first full length story and was hooked. Don't know what I'll do when I get to the end.
Well worth the read, well researched and thought out. Very funny.
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Paula
4.0 out of 5 stars A new St Mary's Christmas Special - Spiffing!
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2017
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I'm a huge fan of Jodi Taylor. The St Mary's books, in particular, are conceptually innovative and ripping good yarns with solid, compelling and evolving characters (Her other series are enjoyable too - but quite different).

I like the writing plan which has emerged consisting of major novels, once or twice a year plus two short stories each year for the (Northern) summer holidays and for Christmas. I was lucky (I think) to come to this series after a few books had been written, so I was able to binge read (and then listen - Zara Ramm has produced an absolutely compelling performance and she'll always be "Max" for me, whether I'm listening or reading) to the first four novels and associated short stories in the series.

Mrkham is not the best of the short stories, sadly, and I can only give it 4 stars - but, hey, 4 stars would still be pretty damn good in anyone's book, don't you think? Jodi is donating the income from this book to a very good cause, too ... maybe I should have gone with th e 5 stars... no, be precise.

Well worth a read - but if you are new to the series, start at the beginning and read the series in order. Not absolutely essential, but definitely recommended.
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J. L. Gribble
5.0 out of 5 stars Markham's head is very strange place, and I would not have expected otherwise
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2017
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This short story is very different from anything else in the Chronicles of St. Mary's series specifically for what is says on the tin: The narrator of this story is security officer Markham rather than historian Max. Now, this isn't the first time this has happened (see "The Very First Damned Thing", narrated by none other than the esteemed Dr. Bairstow). But while a glimpse into the history of St. Mary's was a special trip into legend, Markham's story is very much in the present.

I'm not sure that it worked for me. As much as I love the character of Markham, and as much as I laughed out loud at viewing a trip back in time through the perspective of security rather than an historian (especially as it focused much more realistically on what the characters viscerally experience rather than through the filtered awe of "Does this match what I believe to be true?"), the author has set up so many questions about the character of Markham that I was disappointed when a key one wasn't answered. We were in the guy's head, and I'm still not satisfied.

That being said, I still love the character of Markham, I would still love more adventures from his perspective, and I'm still laughing about the reindeer.
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Ellen
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful gift for the holidays
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016
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This is a wonderful addition to an amazing series. Telling the story from Markham's point of view certainly does put an different spin on things. As usual, there are lots of laugh out loud moments. In addition, you get to learn a bit about history and what it must have been life to live during various times. I think ever book in this series is a gem.
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Karen Monsen
5.0 out of 5 stars I dare you not to laugh!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2019
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A downright hilarious story told, unusually, by the security guy Markham in the time-traveling group rather than the historian Dr Maxwell. They’ve gone to see King Alfred “burn the cakes” and returned to the rollicking, reindeer-pooping black olives Christmas party. A laugh-out-loud book.
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Keith Beasley-Topliffe
3.0 out of 5 stars King Alfred's Cakes and a pantomime reindeer
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2019
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The novellas about secret Christmastime jumps at/from St Mary's are a special silliness adjacent to the novels. This one is to settle whether King Alfred actually burned some Cakes he was supposed to be watching. If that means nothing to you, don't worry. It's all explained in the story, as narrated by security man Markham. Who goes on to share his experience as the back end of a reindeer. High dose of fun and silly, signifying little.
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Linda
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Trip To The Past With Markham Leading??? Really!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2018
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I don’t like short stories as a rule BUT was glad this one was short. Markham is a bit of a off kilter Security Team guy. his role is to protect the historians who usually are a bit weird. Well, to be honest everyone at St. Mary’s is a bit odd so they all fit in like a jigsaw puzzle with a few pieces jammed into fit. this story takes Max and Peterson and Markham off to 9th AD to verify if King Alfred actually did burn the cakes. Turns out that Christmas time is very rainy in the village where the King is hiding. And, in fact due to a accident caused by a dog escaping and other dogs chasing it, the big communal fire is doused. This is a big problem for the villagers since they use that fire to heat, to see, and to cook with. Now it is raining and cold and the cakes or the bread is sitting around the doused fire. What to do? The interlopers from the 21st Century are not to interfere with the locals at any cost BUT in this case Markham feels that it is partly his fault and he doesn’t want to leave them to starve or freeze. So, he gets a flame thrower and distracts them while he uses a flare to restart the fire. Meanwhile, the holiday party for the kids is underway back at St. Mary’s and the travelers must hustle back to participate. The story is funny and sweet and totally unnecessary but even Dr. Bairstow gets to take Markham down a bit. If you are a fan, you will want to read it. If you are not a fan, I doubt if you’d care. It doesn’t detract from the bigger books in any way;
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another brick in the wall of St Mary's!
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017
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I love Jodi Taylor's world of St Mary's (Just can't get enough of it!) and welcome the way she uses the occasional short story to flesh out an individual character or two with a side foray.
If you haven't read any of the novels or stories, I'd advise you DO NOT START HERE! (But I'd also advise you to start somewhere. With one or two of the novels. But start!) The side forays like this employ a limited number of characters and rest fairly heavily on the reader's familiarity with them already. But if you already know the series and know the personalities - This is another brick in the wall (or a brick taken from?) of St Mary's!
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Bharathi rao
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious as always!!
Reviewed in India on October 11, 2017
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Jodi is one of my favourite (yes, I spelled it correct) authors and I have enjoyed reading all of her books. All her characters are so delightfully funny, especially Max and Markham. Over time, Jodi has become one of my best friends for it is her I come to (to her books of course) whenever I'm stressed, and she has never let me down. Keep up the good work Jodi, and I look forward to many more such gems, thank you!!
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Decker
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2017
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Always a winner
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malc davies
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection as always
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2016
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Has to be my favourite Christmas present this year. It seems to have been ages waiting for the book to be published. As expected though it was well worth the wait.

Remember the saying about good things and small parcels, well it's spot on.

Short stories can be very difficult to get right. Not so as this one is excellent. Jodi Taylor has produced quite a few shorts and this one must be up amongst the best of them.

In such a few pages I have been reacquainted with many of the St Mary's team.
No give away as to the story or should I say stories as there are two. A party and a fact finding mission.

If you have read the series you will know that a party at St Mary's, for whatever reason, chaos will raise its head at some point. Similarly a mission, however simple, will be subject to misfortune and mayhem. Nothing changes here then.

Absolutely great story. Humour as always spot on. Will never look at an olive in the same way again and will certainly not eat one again. The alternative use for olives will however be retained for the appropriate time.

Lots and lots of thanks to Jodi Taylor. There is a definite reason why you are my favourite author.

For anyone looking at reading this book as a first entry into the series then beware it's very addictive.
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Lauren Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on January 26, 2017
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Love it, love them all
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SuperB
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2022
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What a wonderful way to tell a story from Markham's point of view. I read this on an aeroplane en route to Zurich spent most of my reading time trying hard not to laugh out loud. Great stiry. I loved it. And I want Markham as one of my fantasy dinner guests! 😊
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