tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post157485275014411699..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: LET ME TELL YOU.....A guest post from SOPHIE HANNAHMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89300072818464600532014-09-08T23:13:51.442+01:002014-09-08T23:13:51.442+01:00What a fascinating post. Thank you Sophie! Must sa...What a fascinating post. Thank you Sophie! Must say I hadn't ever truly thought about what makes golden age so different to present writing so it was wonderful to have it explained by someone who has been in the shoes of Agatha herself... she would have thought me very stupid. I once stayed at the old Cataract Hotel on the Nile in Aswan and sipping drinks on the verandah, staring out over the water and the feluccas and the desert, took on a whole slowed down pace. Sitting there made her novels very real for me. Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-88228916542098256442014-09-08T19:41:39.749+01:002014-09-08T19:41:39.749+01:00I must confess to adoring golden age crime stories...I must confess to adoring golden age crime stories, and having far more than any child of the sixties should! I am looking forward to your story and have had it on pre order for months! Thank you, you can never have enough golden age stories! :-)Ruan Peathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999492027801288004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79641023305545309122014-09-07T21:01:02.614+01:002014-09-07T21:01:02.614+01:00Rowena...just hopping in here to say that Sophie L...Rowena...just hopping in here to say that Sophie LOVES <br />The house! She's stayed there twice. The last time I went too and wrote a post about it here on History Girks. Just put Agatha Christie into the search box! It's the most beautiful place!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-45808433010342437192014-09-07T19:29:09.922+01:002014-09-07T19:29:09.922+01:00Thanks for giving us a glimpse into your creative ...Thanks for giving us a glimpse into your creative processes, Sophie! I love a good plot and an original idea, too. I can't wait to read the Monogram Murders! Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14661083258601648232014-09-07T18:07:18.288+01:002014-09-07T18:07:18.288+01:00Enjoyed your post very much, and it sounds as thou...Enjoyed your post very much, and it sounds as though your little Belgian will give the original a run for his francs. But do take up any offer of Christie's 'Torquay' home. It's on the lovely River Dart, not in Basil Fawlty-ville.Rowena Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548957772863528477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72625094614698973352014-09-07T16:29:58.997+01:002014-09-07T16:29:58.997+01:00Oh Sue, I know when they were written! But the con...Oh Sue, I know when they were written! But the content makes them seem much older.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34719979965043917872014-09-07T13:33:02.339+01:002014-09-07T13:33:02.339+01:00Mary, Agatha Raisin is great fun, but definitely l...Mary, Agatha Raisin is great fun, but definitely later than the 1930s to 60s. The books have personal computers and mobile phones in them. Still, they have an old fashioned flavour to them.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60489843924718515482014-09-07T12:50:39.375+01:002014-09-07T12:50:39.375+01:00Thanks so much, Sophie, for visiting us here on th...Thanks so much, Sophie, for visiting us here on the History Girls. It was fascinating to hear how there really was a historical angle to your new Poirot, apart from its being set in 1929. You are quite right about the difference between Golden Age detective fiction and the contemporary lot. Though I found two Agatha Raisin mysteries in our holiday accommodation and think she is tapping into that idea too. Those books could be set any time between about 1930 and 1960, I think.<br /><br />Anyway, I wish the Monogram Murders every success and can't wait to read it and discover the High Concept twist.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-39508137905316297542014-09-07T09:46:54.828+01:002014-09-07T09:46:54.828+01:00Really enjoyed this. Very interesting on the diffe...Really enjoyed this. Very interesting on the difference between contemporary and Golden Age detective novels - and really looking forward to this high-concept story!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-80624469085977168282014-09-07T09:01:16.818+01:002014-09-07T09:01:16.818+01:00I think my love of Golden Age fiction is why I pre...I think my love of Golden Age fiction is why I prefer cosies to psychological thrillers. I don't mind police procedurals as long as they're like Reginald Hill ones in which the characters matter. There are a lot of people like me around, Sophie, never fear, who will enjoy the novel you've written. You're not Agatha Christie and can't be, but that doesn't mean another Poirot novel won't be welcome. You wouldn't have been chosen for this job if the publishers ain't felt you could handle it.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com