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Alan Savage
Alan Savage
Queen of Lions by Alan Savage. It's about Margaret of Anjou, although it's shaking out to be unintentionally funny. More later
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
Posted by Misfit
His one about Joanna I of Naples ("Queen of the Night") is hilariously OTT. In fact he seems to have got his Joannas mixed up or maybe created a composite out of Joanna I and Joanna II (see article here)Queen of Lions by Alan Savage. It's about Margaret of Anjou, although it's shaking out to be unintentionally funny. More later
[quote=""annis""]Posted by Misfit
His one about Joanna I of Naples ("Queen of the Night") is hilariously OTT. In fact he seems to have got his Joannas mixed up or maybe created a composite out of Joanna I and Joanna II (see article here)[/quote]
Oh good, I'll have to search that one out as well. Can't wait to get to Chapter 13, BB tells me its a doozy.
Found a cover at Fantastic Fiction,
His one about Joanna I of Naples ("Queen of the Night") is hilariously OTT. In fact he seems to have got his Joannas mixed up or maybe created a composite out of Joanna I and Joanna II (see article here)[/quote]
Oh good, I'll have to search that one out as well. Can't wait to get to Chapter 13, BB tells me its a doozy.
Found a cover at Fantastic Fiction,
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At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
Had to start a new thread so I didn't go OT. I just found he's written a book on Eleanor of Aquitaine and a most hilarious review at Amazon.
I must get my hands on this one if the price ever goes down.he has her in bed with Louis, her uncle Raymond, Saladin (even though he was only 11 when they met), a Greek pirate, the troubadour Bernard of Ventadour (of course, although for awhile I thought he was going to leave him out), and of course both Henry II and his father, Count Geoffrey. When he got to the point where he also had her experimenting with her maids, the bath maidens in Constantanople, and even with the Empress Matilda, it was too much for me.
Let's see, what is good about the book? Well, Eleanor doesn't go to bed with Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbe Sugar, or the monk Galeran.
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At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
Oh dear. These do sound pretty dreadful. I've always loved the idea that Eleanor and Saladin were in bed together -- albeit he must have been terribly precocious at that age! Poor Eleanor has been tossed into bed with so many people, altho I do think that she was quite the opposite, very aware that she was a queen, and if she did commit adultery, she was careful about it.
I found a copy of the Eleanor book for $7 and couldn't resist. Can't find a cover anywhere. Will scan when I get it unless Tanzanite can find it. Already checked ebay and Fantastic fiction.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
Alan Savage is a pseudonym for British author Christopher Nicole, who has been quite a prolific writer over the years. He writes under other names as well:
Robin Cade, Nicholas Grant, Caroline Gray, Max Marlow, C R Nicholson, Robin Nicholson and Andrew York. Nearly as good as Eleanor Hibbert, aka Jean Plaidy, aka etc!
http://www.romance-novels.org/authors/c ... nicole.htm
Missed a couple! He also uses the names Leslie Arlen, Christina Nicholson and Alison York, according to Fantastic Fiction
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/christopher-nicole.
Robin Cade, Nicholas Grant, Caroline Gray, Max Marlow, C R Nicholson, Robin Nicholson and Andrew York. Nearly as good as Eleanor Hibbert, aka Jean Plaidy, aka etc!
http://www.romance-novels.org/authors/c ... nicole.htm
Missed a couple! He also uses the names Leslie Arlen, Christina Nicholson and Alison York, according to Fantastic Fiction
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/christopher-nicole.
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Thanks for trying. I got a shipping confirmation today so I'll scan it when I have it in my hot little hands.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be