The winner is...

My cold has woken me up early (sniff) so I've popped the last minute names into the hat, given the whole thing a swirl and voila! We have a winner.

The person who will be subjected to being my reading partner is Susan, an avid reader who is intrigued by the story of one of her ancestors from the 1800s who had 12 -count them - 12 children.

I only have the one copy to give away, but if anyone else has a copy of Magnus Magnusson's book and would like to email conversation as we commence this epic 700-page journey, the more the merrier.

Congratulations, Susan! Please email me your address and I shall post this tomb of history directly to your door. Thanks to everyone for joining in.