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by Susanna Kearsley
Tue September 29th, 2009, 4:54 pm
Forum: By Author
Topic: Daphne du Maurier
Replies: 149
Views: 16841

I'm ashamed to admit that I've never read Rebecca , nor watched the film. But I can practically recite Jamaica Inn . I fell in love with Jem at 12 and he still rates high on my list of heroes. The kiss in the marketplace...*sigh* And the part where he breaks through the window because she's been hur...
by Susanna Kearsley
Wed September 16th, 2009, 1:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Name 5 authors
Replies: 48
Views: 5130

Well, normally Mary Stewart tops every list I make, but if we're talking strictly historical fiction, I'd have to say,

Jan Cox Speas
Jan Wescott
Thomas H. Raddall
Dinah Dean
Bernard Cornwell

(And Mrs Morland, you have made my day :-)
by Susanna Kearsley
Sun September 13th, 2009, 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Now?
Replies: 1456
Views: 113204

Yes, I know -- I've always had a thing for those Australians! ;)

(Blame Rod Taylor...)
by Susanna Kearsley
Sun September 13th, 2009, 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Now?
Replies: 1456
Views: 113204

I'm in WWII Malaya trying to survive life as POW with the assistance of a Very Good-Looking Australian who is currently off stealing chickens for me...
by Susanna Kearsley
Sun September 13th, 2009, 8:01 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: September 2009: What are you reading?
Replies: 262
Views: 16027

I'm reading non-fiction at the moment: The Rape of Greece , by Peter Murtagh, a fascinating look at the resistance to the junta of the Colonels in the late 60s and early 70s. And as a comfort read in the evenings, I'm re-reading (for the thousandth time) A Town Like Alice , by Nevil Shute, which is ...
by Susanna Kearsley
Wed September 2nd, 2009, 5:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Now?
Replies: 1456
Views: 113204

I just got off a yacht where I was watching Callas and Onassis start their great affair, and am now back in a damp Cornish cave in the summer of 1715, trying to decide whether to alter history by stopping someone getting killed.
by Susanna Kearsley
Tue August 11th, 2009, 11:30 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: August 2009: What are you Reading?
Replies: 264
Views: 17089

[quote=""Anna Elliott""]The Gabriel Hounds is one of my favorite Stewarts! [/quote]

Ditto. I named my dog Samson :-)

I'm reading Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon.
by Susanna Kearsley
Mon August 3rd, 2009, 10:35 pm
Forum: By Author
Topic: Mary Stewart
Replies: 92
Views: 13081

[quote=""Anna Elliott""]For heroes, though, I have to say I've always liked Rob from Touch Not the Cat. Not sure how many would agree with me--[/quote] I would, for one! I'll admit that, for me, it has always been rather a close race between Rob and Max (from This Rough Magic)--but usually Rob is st...

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