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Post by Margaret » Fri May 25th, 2012, 4:28 am

In addition to Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures, there's another novel about Mary Anning: Curiosity by Joan Thomas. I haven't read either, but Curiosity is in the pile by my desk, and I do plan to get around to it one of these days.
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Pompeii

Post by John Sliz » Mon September 10th, 2012, 8:41 pm

I read Robert Harris' Pompeii novel a few months after I got back from visiting Pompeii and was thrilled by it. He really painted a picture of life in the town before and during the disaster.

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Post by parthianbow » Tue September 11th, 2012, 6:02 am

@John: I agree. Pompeii is a great book.

I'm going to travel to Italy again soon - this time, to revisit the Cannae battlefield, before I write an account of it in my second Hannibal novel.
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Post by John Sliz » Tue September 11th, 2012, 7:30 pm

Yes, visiting a battlefield is very important before you write about it. I didn't realize how small the Oosterbeek (Arnhem) Perimeter was until I got there... or how large and exposed Omaha Beach was.

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Post by Margaret » Wed September 12th, 2012, 10:43 pm

Oooh, I'm jealous. I would love to visit Pompeii.
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Post by John Sliz » Thu September 13th, 2012, 2:23 pm

You won't believe how big Pompeii is. They have done a lot of work there over the years.
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Post by Gabriele Campbell » Sat October 20th, 2012, 6:24 pm

I hope I can save up for a Scotland trip in 2013.

And there's always the inland tours of a few days. Probably another one to Thuringia or Saxony-Anhalt since this years was so much fun.

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Post by :Sarita: » Mon March 11th, 2013, 8:47 pm

I travelled to America (NYC) for the first time last week, and would like to go again next year, somewhere on the East Coast preferably - any suggestions? My friend would like to go to Florida but I'm not sure it's for me :o Perhaps Boston?
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Post by :Sarita: » Mon March 11th, 2013, 8:48 pm

[quote=""Margaret""]Oooh, I'm jealous. I would love to visit Pompeii.[/quote]

Oh, ditto!
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Post by DianeL » Mon March 11th, 2013, 11:34 pm

[quote="":Sarita:""]I travelled to America (NYC) for the first time last week, and would like to go again next year, somewhere on the East Coast preferably - any suggestions? My friend would like to go to Florida but I'm not sure it's for me :o Perhaps Boston?[/quote]

Sarita, it depends what you want to do and see while you are Stateside. I'm from VA and have been up and down the coast; are you interested in beaches and a resort style vacation? Shopping for clothes or art or antiques? Historical sites (if so, what draws you; we may be young, but the East Coast is crammed with American history of every kind)? Will you be traveling with kids or family or just your friend? And how long will you have? :)
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