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Post by Helen_Davis » Thu July 22nd, 2010, 1:59 pm

[quote=""EC2""]Here's an interview with Alison Weir that I picked up on Twitter this morning.
Writing the well-researched bodice ripper.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =128671677[/quote]

I read that-- and I have to ask-- is that interview a joke? Please say yes, EC...

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Post by Misfit » Thu July 22nd, 2010, 2:06 pm

[quote=""robinbird79""]Oh lord. I can only imagine what she'll come up with as I've heard she hates Richard III.

/facepalm[/quote]

Facepalm indeed. If she sexes it up, who do you think it will be? Richard and Bess?
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Post by boswellbaxter » Thu July 22nd, 2010, 2:41 pm

I'm rather looking forward to the Richard III one, with my predilections, but I see she's also doing a biography of Mary Boleyn. How much can one say about her?
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Post by Ash » Thu July 22nd, 2010, 2:56 pm

Gack! I listen to Talk of the Nation all of the time, love Neal Cohen, but somehow missed that interview. Its a good thing I did because I would have been screaming and throwing things at the radio. Oh my. Its obvious that Neal doesn't know much about this subject when he is asking questions about her concentration on Tudor era when the book is about Eleanor of Aquitane!

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Post by Michy » Thu July 22nd, 2010, 3:20 pm

[quote=""Ash""]Gack! Its obvious that Neal doesn't know much about this subject when he is asking questions about her concentration on Tudor era when the book is about Eleanor of Aquitane![/quote]

I wonder if any of the listeners/callers brought this to his attention?

I missed it, too.... it's been too hot lately for me to be out in my car at lunchtime. Which is probably for the best -- even the "best" talk radio has a tendency to agitate me, much less something like this.

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Post by SonjaMarie » Tue July 27th, 2010, 7:33 pm

I'm actually reading a book on Eleanor right now, nonfiction though. Amy Kelly's "Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings", originally written in 1950. I'm really enjoying her style of writing and I don't find it dry at all.

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Post by robinbird79 » Tue July 27th, 2010, 7:42 pm

[quote=""Misfit""]Facepalm indeed. If she sexes it up, who do you think it will be? Richard and Bess?[/quote]

How could she pass up that opportunity? Sigh. But I know I'll have to read it as I have to read everything on Richard...
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Post by Misfit » Tue July 27th, 2010, 8:04 pm

[quote=""robinbird79""]How could she pass up that opportunity? Sigh. But I know I'll have to read it as I have to read everything on Richard...[/quote]

Same here. Besides, makes for lively chat over at the R3 group. Brian's observations always get me howling.
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Post by Ash » Tue July 27th, 2010, 9:34 pm

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]I'm actually reading a book on Eleanor right now, nonfiction though. Amy Kelly's "Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings", originally written in 1950. I'm really enjoying her style of writing and I don't find it dry at all.SM[/quote]

Thats the book I always recommend. What amazed me is realizing how much of the book I really read via Sharon Kay Penman's trilogies. It is quite a wonderful read.

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Post by EC2 » Tue July 27th, 2010, 9:56 pm

I have the Amy Kelly on my TBR. The best Eleanor I have read so far in fact is Douglas Boyd - Eleanor of Aquitaine, April Queen, but I have yet to read the Kelly. I have tried and DNF the Weir.
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