That's what makes me think that the blurb was written by an editor. Unless
the author were truly ignorant of developments in her field or didn't mind
looking like a fool, I doubt very much she'd have written such a claim. To
me, it sounds like marketing hype, nothing more. Think of some of those
older dustjackets that burble on about how "Miss X. has revived the
dying/comatose/dead art of tatting...."

Avital

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From: "Jean Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> They sent me a questionnaire each time and then they used it to write the
> blurb, which I must say I didn't recognise as me, but although the content
<snip>
>
> My gripe was the comment  ".....is largely responsible for reviving
interest
> in this craft." as if no-one else was. By the time it was published in
> English, other "modern" instructions books were beginning to appear. I
doubt
> that before then English speakers would have been clamouring to get their
> hands on a copy of a book in a language they couldn't understand. We think
> nothing of doing that now.
>
> Jean in Poole



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