tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post3989619463651498046..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: An interview with C.W. Gortner, author of The Confessions of Catherine de MediciSarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-81045353962786095202010-06-08T14:46:10.543-05:002010-06-08T14:46:10.543-05:00You're welcome, CW, glad to be of help :) Is t...You're welcome, CW, glad to be of help :) Is this the Tudor project or the Spanish one?<br /><br />What struck me was the will and physical vigor of these women - they were no wusses, that's for sure!<br /><br />Talk of underpants reminded me of Thomas Rowlandson's rather naughty cartoon, <a href="http://www.artchive.com/web_gallery/T/Thomas-Rowlandson/The-Exhibition-Stare-Case,-c.1800.html" rel="nofollow">The Exhibition Stare Case</a>, which demonstrates the perils of life for women in times when underpants weren't worn.Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-52358919024174060912010-06-07T22:50:43.018-05:002010-06-07T22:50:43.018-05:00Annis, what a great article! Actually very helpful...Annis, what a great article! Actually very helpful for my current writing project; thank you!C.W. Gortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-41623367794426741582010-06-07T20:39:50.207-05:002010-06-07T20:39:50.207-05:00Great interview- I think CW could probably have wr...Great interview- I think CW could probably have written a Catherine trilogy à la Plaidy with all the information he had at hand :)<br /><br />I was just recently investigating the development of the side-saddle- I hadn't realised till then the significance of Catherine's influence in its design. CW"s next subject, Isabella of Castille, was also noted as a rigorous and intrepid horsewoman.<br />There's an <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/hgarrett/medst300/forum/messages/78.html%22" rel="nofollow">interesting article here</a> which also mentions Elizabeth I of England as being a horsewoman of such daring that her Councillors lived in terror of her breaking her neck. It seems that her dear companion and Master of Horse, Robert Dudley, was the only one able to keep up with her.<br /><br />And the underpants! I had the idea that women's underdrawers weren't introduced until the flimsy Regency fashions of the early 19th century made them advisable (unless you were the outrageous sort who wore nothing at all under her damped-down muslin) The things you learn :)Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-59872049421803405412010-05-31T14:51:09.112-05:002010-05-31T14:51:09.112-05:00Thanks, Catherine, Kelly, and Julianne! I appreci...Thanks, Catherine, Kelly, and Julianne! I appreciated how we got to see the character of Diane in a new light, as I never felt that Catherine was fairly treated in other depictions of Henry and Diane's longstanding affair.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1291847284531606952010-05-29T19:04:16.289-05:002010-05-29T19:04:16.289-05:00Great interview. And I must agree with Christoper&...Great interview. And I must agree with Christoper's interpretation of Diane de Poitiers. Henri, having suffered the terrible neglect and emotional deprivation of his childhood imprisonment in Spain, was an easy target for a woman who aspired to ultimate power. Asking her to help "civilize" Henri upon his return from Spain (if that story is true) was one of François I's greatest mistakes.<br /><br />I've always taken Catherine's side in that tangled affair. And I love that CW has allowed Catherine to dabble in the occult without turning her into a full-blown witch.Julianne Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190332417986785920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-46942131833433770522010-05-29T12:18:34.197-05:002010-05-29T12:18:34.197-05:00What a great blog site.
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http...What a great blog site.<br />Kelly Bookend Diaries<br />http://bookenddiaries.blogspot.comKelly https://www.blogger.com/profile/17373757101173988590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-8638601229925084052010-05-29T04:42:51.135-05:002010-05-29T04:42:51.135-05:00Sorry for the garbled syntax of my last comment, f...Sorry for the garbled syntax of my last comment, folks, but you get the idea...Catherine Delorshttp://blog.catherinedelors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-15739945366295747702010-05-29T04:37:58.185-05:002010-05-29T04:37:58.185-05:00Great interview! And CW's answers want to foll...Great interview! And CW's answers want to follow up with further questioning for my own interview. :)Catherine Delorshttp://blog.catherinedelors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-36935424052346446272010-05-28T12:20:07.797-05:002010-05-28T12:20:07.797-05:00Thanks to all for your comments and a very special...Thanks to all for your comments and a very special thank you to Sarah for hosting me, and for everything she does for our genre. She is a tireless champion :)C.W. Gortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-34839705679154108552010-05-27T21:33:16.487-05:002010-05-27T21:33:16.487-05:00Thanks, all!
It's been years since I've r...Thanks, all!<br /><br />It's been years since I've read Jean Plaidy's take on Catherine de Medici though I seem to remember she showed her darker side in those books.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-2823744025443799902010-05-27T15:24:38.410-05:002010-05-27T15:24:38.410-05:00Fantastic interview! I really enjoyed it very much...Fantastic interview! I really enjoyed it very much. This is novel I will definitely have to read (the Last Queen looks very interesting too), as I have read Leonie Frieda's biography a few years back and I loved it.Danjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13951549860726549015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-72461100622629928332010-05-27T11:09:42.989-05:002010-05-27T11:09:42.989-05:00I can't wait to read this book. I've alway...I can't wait to read this book. I've always been fascinated by Catherine de Medici ever since I read Jean Plaidy's trilogy back in high school.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-45659909253617148662010-05-27T07:36:11.214-05:002010-05-27T07:36:11.214-05:00Great questions--and fascinating answers! Thanks!...Great questions--and fascinating answers! Thanks!Rowennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757364614589686606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-75374453414234194382010-05-26T19:27:54.815-05:002010-05-26T19:27:54.815-05:00Great interview! Looking forward to picking up my ...Great interview! Looking forward to picking up my copy this weekend.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.com