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Which historical person should Philippa Gregory write about next
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Which historical person should Philippa Gregory write about next
My choice would be Isabella of France. Married to Edward the Second of England. You have the beautiful French Princess, the unfaithful husband. Lots of pillaging from the Scots, the lover in the tower and the rebellion against the husband. Plus she could incorporate the 'templar curse' into the novel.
I think Princess Sophia Romanov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Alekseyevna would make a good historical chick romance thingy.
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[quote=""SCW""]My choice would be Isabella of France. Married to Edward the Second of England. You have the beautiful French Princess, the unfaithful husband. Lots of pillaging from the Scots, the lover in the tower and the rebellion against the husband. Plus she could incorporate the 'templar curse' into the novel.[/quote]
Does Isabella have any novels already?
Does Isabella have any novels already?
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We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
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[quote=""Nefret""]Does Isabella have any novels already?[/quote]
Many of them. Margaret Campbell Barnes, Edith Felber, Pamela Bennetts, Jean Evans, Hilda Lewis, Terry Tucker, and Maureen Peters have all written about her. I have them listed here:
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/edfict.html
Many of them. Margaret Campbell Barnes, Edith Felber, Pamela Bennetts, Jean Evans, Hilda Lewis, Terry Tucker, and Maureen Peters have all written about her. I have them listed here:
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/edfict.html
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Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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Coming in October: The Woodvilles
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http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/blog/
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[quote=""boswellbaxter""]Many of them. Margaret Campbell Barnes, Edith Felber, Pamela Bennetts, Jean Evans, Hilda Lewis, Terry Tucker, and Maureen Peters have all written about her. I have them listed here:
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/edfict.html[/quote]
Wow... so many I have not read. Thanks!
I do have the Hilda Lewis book though.
http://www.susanhigginbotham.com/edfict.html[/quote]
Wow... so many I have not read. Thanks!
I do have the Hilda Lewis book though.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
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Has her work gotten any better in the last few years? After reading The Other Boleyn Girl and one other of her novels, I don't even remember the title of it, PG is one of the authors I avoid.
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Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
[quote=""LCW""]Has her work gotten any better in the last few years? After reading The Other Boleyn Girl and one other of her novels, I don't even remember the title of it, PG is one of the authors I avoid.[/quote]
I'm currently reading The Rivers Woman (or whatever it's called). It's fairly underwhelming to say the least.
I'm currently reading The Rivers Woman (or whatever it's called). It's fairly underwhelming to say the least.
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I gave up reading The Red Queen after the first few chapters...But I hope PG never writes about Eleanor of Aquitaine...
I read the Jean Plaidy novel of Isabella of France years ago...Ideally I think SKP would be a great choice to write a novel about this Queen
I read the Jean Plaidy novel of Isabella of France years ago...Ideally I think SKP would be a great choice to write a novel about this Queen
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