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- cw gortner
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Isn't Rose of York by Sandra Worth?
THE QUEEN'S VOW available on June 12, 2012!
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
- cw gortner
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[quote=""Margaret""]Just started reading our own C.W. Gortner's The Last Queen, and am enjoying it. I'm intrigued by how Chris brings his characters to life for me, having just read a novel with an equal amount of physical description of the characters, but in which I never really "saw" them in my mind's eye. I think it may be that the people in The Last Queen are viewed in motion more than they were in the other novel, where the descriptions tended to be more static.[/quote]
Oh, cool! Hope you like it! I'm looking forward to hearing your impressions. I've recently been corresponding on an online fiction forum for Spanish hf readers (most of them in Spain) and a few have started reading the Spanish edition, which came out on November 16. It's strange to hear their impressions on the language and characters, because of course it's translated, but so far I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief that they seem to agree with my interpretation of her and the history.
Oh, cool! Hope you like it! I'm looking forward to hearing your impressions. I've recently been corresponding on an online fiction forum for Spanish hf readers (most of them in Spain) and a few have started reading the Spanish edition, which came out on November 16. It's strange to hear their impressions on the language and characters, because of course it's translated, but so far I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief that they seem to agree with my interpretation of her and the history.
THE QUEEN'S VOW available on June 12, 2012!
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
- cw gortner
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I'm reading an ARC of Elle Newmark's Book of Unholy Mischief, set in 15th century Venice. This book was self published and went on to sell at auction for seven-figures, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Sometimes the books that come out of these huge auctions don't live up to the hype, but I'm really enjoying it so far.
THE QUEEN'S VOW available on June 12, 2012!
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
- JMJacobsen
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- michellemoran
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- sweetpotatoboy
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[quote=""sweetpotatoboy""]Have started a re-read of "The Last English King" by Julian Rathbone for our next book group meeting. I first read it about 8 or 9 years ago.[/quote]
I quite liked the opening lines about the glittering shingle - as I recall. I was put off big-time by his author's note where he says that mistakes in the novel are fair game for 'swots, anoraks and letter-writers.' I have an Anglo Saxonist friend who wall-banged the novel for that author's note because it was disrespectful to the readers. He spoke at the HNS Conference in London a few years ago where he said that when he wrote TLEK he was pushed for time re deadline. What he really wanted to write was a novel set in the 18thC but knew he wouldn't have time to do all the research reading required. With TLEK there were apparently only five books he needed to read to get the job done so that was what he plumped for. Yeah, right. And it showed.
I quite liked the opening lines about the glittering shingle - as I recall. I was put off big-time by his author's note where he says that mistakes in the novel are fair game for 'swots, anoraks and letter-writers.' I have an Anglo Saxonist friend who wall-banged the novel for that author's note because it was disrespectful to the readers. He spoke at the HNS Conference in London a few years ago where he said that when he wrote TLEK he was pushed for time re deadline. What he really wanted to write was a novel set in the 18thC but knew he wouldn't have time to do all the research reading required. With TLEK there were apparently only five books he needed to read to get the job done so that was what he plumped for. Yeah, right. And it showed.
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
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Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
This sounded interesting , so I thought I'd check out the first book in the series, "Bones of the Dead", but yikes! the prices for it are astronomical.Posted by CW Gortner
I'm reading an ARC of Elle Newmark's Book of Unholy Mischief, set in 15th century Venice.
Must have put out originally as a limited edition, I guess.
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