tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post1789832347400305895..comments2024-03-12T06:01:22.059-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Bits and piecesSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-5404597583564101012012-02-29T13:34:14.134-06:002012-02-29T13:34:14.134-06:00Wow, the conference sounds absolutely amazing.
I ...Wow, the conference sounds absolutely amazing.<br /><br />I hadn't heard the story about The Dressmaker being written under a pseudonym!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-75592833790679424942012-02-29T07:50:11.391-06:002012-02-29T07:50:11.391-06:00I may get some $ from the university to attend/spe...I may get some $ from the university to attend/speak at the conference - fingers crossed...<br /><br />Glad to hear your positive report on The Bone Thief, Annis. I've had my eye on it but since I'm overwhelmed with reading material at the moment, I may wait for the paperback in August - or get it at the conference. I wouldn't mind seeing more fiction from that era, either - Cornwell's latest has whetted my appetite for more.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-89856541666525037692012-02-29T00:11:07.241-06:002012-02-29T00:11:07.241-06:00I see V.M Whitworth on the HNS Conference list. I ...I see V.M Whitworth on the HNS Conference list. I recently read and very much enjoyed her historical thriller, "The Bone Thief". I believe it is her first novel and is complete in itself, though apparently the first in a series.<br /><br />It's set in 9th century England around the struggle for power between King Alfred's children Athelfled, Lady of the Mercians, and Edward, now king of Wessex. Entertaining, suspenseful and atmospheric - a retiring, naive young cleric must outwit a myriad of devious Danes and dodgy Englishmen with an eye for the main chance in order to win the prize (the bones of a venerated saint) and save the Lady he idolizes.<br /><br />Can't wait for the next one- I'm an absolute sucker for those Anglo-Saxons and Vikings :)Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-57607329653856737122012-02-28T11:20:38.785-06:002012-02-28T11:20:38.785-06:00Often this website is where I hear about things fi...Often this website is where I hear about things first.<br /><br />Thanks for telling us about the conference. As a writer, I'd love to be there.<br /><br />But there's also...work.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-52702336443884700892012-02-27T15:52:22.442-06:002012-02-27T15:52:22.442-06:00Wow, that sounds like a fun conference!! I've...Wow, that sounds like a fun conference!! I've been wanting to go back to the UK for awhile; perhaps I'll have some <br />$$ by September for such things . .<br /><br />Sarah Other LibrarianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-42718870563987214342012-02-26T16:20:06.661-06:002012-02-26T16:20:06.661-06:00Hi C, and wishing you and the spouse safe travels....Hi C, and wishing you and the spouse safe travels. I have some other summer trips planned, too - all related to other conferences. It's been a long time since I've been to London, so part of it will be vacation.<br /><br />Melissa, yep, anyone can join the Society. The main site is at historicalnovelsociety.org. There'll be another North American one in 2013 (down in St. Petersburg, FL).Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-12770605373429077152012-02-26T15:51:06.457-06:002012-02-26T15:51:06.457-06:00I'm so excited about the new Kate Morton book!...I'm so excited about the new Kate Morton book! <br /><br />The Historical Novel Society Conference sounds like it will be wonderful. Can anyone join the Society? I'd love to attend one year.Melissa @ Confessions of an Avid Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320886752332455903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-82829556074608429402012-02-26T13:53:21.223-06:002012-02-26T13:53:21.223-06:00My goodness, I wish I could attend that conference...My goodness, I wish I could attend that conference, for O so many! reasons. :)<br /><br />Don't think it is in the cards though, as the summer is entirely booked with travel and some of it arduous, and some dangerous as well arduous (though I myself am not including myself in that part of the venturing -- and do quite wish in some ways the Spouse was not!). <br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.com