This sounds like The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick.
What book are you reading, Leyland?
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[quote=""Leyland""]Having been chased around Victorian London by undead beings in hoods with their mouths and eyes sewn shut - now eating breakfast in a tavern after hiding out overnight in a hospital! Very good stuff so far ...[/quote]
That sounds like Doctor Who lol
I'm in York 1541 being chased by a bear. Poor Shardlake
That sounds like Doctor Who lol
I'm in York 1541 being chased by a bear. Poor Shardlake
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[quote=""Madeleine""]
What book are you reading, Leyland?[/quote]Mark Frost's The List of Seven is the novel and is very well written in that I love his complex sentence structure and vocabulary. But Patricia Briggs' Bone Crossed just came in the mail yesterday, so I've bumped Frost til I finish Bone Crossed which is an easy day read. I do have massive spring house cleaning to do this weekend and both novels must be put down for a while!
What book are you reading, Leyland?[/quote]Mark Frost's The List of Seven is the novel and is very well written in that I love his complex sentence structure and vocabulary. But Patricia Briggs' Bone Crossed just came in the mail yesterday, so I've bumped Frost til I finish Bone Crossed which is an easy day read. I do have massive spring house cleaning to do this weekend and both novels must be put down for a while!
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It's a sumptous read, which really captures the time and place, despite being thoroughly OTT here and there and full of a liberal re-interpretation of historical figures and their actions. The description of Charles' mother, Isabella, is wonderfully grotesque.
Are you reading Dinah Lampitt/Deryn Lake's "The King's Women" by any chance?I'm in Paris with Charles VII.
It's a sumptous read, which really captures the time and place, despite being thoroughly OTT here and there and full of a liberal re-interpretation of historical figures and their actions. The description of Charles' mother, Isabella, is wonderfully grotesque.
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[quote=""annis""]Posted by MLE
Are you reading Dinah Lampitt/Deryn Lake's "The King's Women" by any chance?
It's a sumptous read, which really captures the time and place, despite being thoroughly OTT here and there and full of a liberal re-interpretation of historical figures and their actions. The description of Charles' mother, Isabella, is wonderfully grotesque.[/quote]
No, I just finished Thomas Costain's the Moneyman, about Jaques Coeur, the commoner who financed France's expulsion of the English a generation after Azincourt. I grew up on Costain, and have always appreciated that he doesn't re-interpret historical figures, but tries to give a realistic feeling of the times.
Are you reading Dinah Lampitt/Deryn Lake's "The King's Women" by any chance?
It's a sumptous read, which really captures the time and place, despite being thoroughly OTT here and there and full of a liberal re-interpretation of historical figures and their actions. The description of Charles' mother, Isabella, is wonderfully grotesque.[/quote]
No, I just finished Thomas Costain's the Moneyman, about Jaques Coeur, the commoner who financed France's expulsion of the English a generation after Azincourt. I grew up on Costain, and have always appreciated that he doesn't re-interpret historical figures, but tries to give a realistic feeling of the times.
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[QUOTE=MLE;25762]No, I just finished Thomas Costain's the Moneyman, about Jaques Coeur, the commoner who financed France's expulsion of the English a generation after Azincourt. I grew up on Costain, and have always appreciated that he doesn't re-interpret historical figures, but tries to give a realistic feeling of the times.[/QUOTE
By coincidence, I'm actually on the fields of Azincourt! Just finishing Bernard Cornwell's latest. It's stunning. I love his authenticity and detail. Although his battle scenes are incredibly brutal. Amazing, compelling--but not for the faint of heart, that's for sure.
By coincidence, I'm actually on the fields of Azincourt! Just finishing Bernard Cornwell's latest. It's stunning. I love his authenticity and detail. Although his battle scenes are incredibly brutal. Amazing, compelling--but not for the faint of heart, that's for sure.
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