Yes, Suzi, I like my historic novels to stick to the facts when they exist and not ignore them and the characters not to speak and think in today's slang and psycho-babble. While I applaud Gregory and others for taking a new slant on what-might-have-been, they go to far for us historic purists in assigning today's "ripped from the headlines" attitudes and thought processes. But you gotta sell those novels and appeal to as broad an audience as possible to make a living, I suppose.
Cindy Abel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Suzi Clarke Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 4:09 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: RE: [h-cost] Innocent Traitor(fiction)by Alison Weir At 19:15 17/04/2006, you wrote: > > > Is this the period du jour or what! > > >I think so! HBO(which I don't subscribe to) is airing a miniseries >about the latter part of the reign of Elizabeth I, starring Helen >Mirren, this Saturday Has this been seen in the UK yet? Yes, but my comments are unprintable, as liberties, as usual, were taken with the facts. And I like my historical films about real people, if purporting to be the real thing, to at least look something like the portraits, even if it doesn't matter to other viewers. >Also novelist Philippa Gregory has a novel coming out in Sept in the >UK(The Last Boleyn)about a relative of the Boleyns during the time of >Elizabeth I(not Lettice Knollys)whom I'm not sure is based on a real >Boleyn descendant or not. This book will be published later in the US >as "The Boleyn Legacy" I am reading her book on Elizabeth "The Virgin's Lover". I suppose it's not bad, as a work of fiction, but i am not keen on her view of history. >There is always some Tudor book or whatever in the pipeline somewhere >and I've bought or read most of them I think! Suzi _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
