tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2670493241837732943..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Joy of Roman Britain by Caroline LawrenceMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-1684805289221035982015-11-09T21:35:30.467+00:002015-11-09T21:35:30.467+00:00Thanks for nice comments, gals! Thanks for nice comments, gals! Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58654296419175504282015-11-09T17:37:23.793+00:002015-11-09T17:37:23.793+00:00I loved (and still love) The Eagle of the Ninth - ...I loved (and still love) The Eagle of the Ninth - partly because it was set in a landscape that I recognised.Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44498316441329645682015-11-09T10:06:11.430+00:002015-11-09T10:06:11.430+00:00I love that Auden poem too!I love that Auden poem too!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14128473537144520412015-11-09T09:17:53.158+00:002015-11-09T09:17:53.158+00:00Sorry, that should have read "AND has recentl...Sorry, that should have read "AND has recently had new reconstructions..." They do make it even better!Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-84856841528090627522015-11-09T09:13:46.451+00:002015-11-09T09:13:46.451+00:00I've always loved that poem! And on the same t...I've always loved that poem! And on the same theme, different style, A. E. Housman's "On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble".<br /><br />And as you say, there are Roman ruins everywhere here. I live near Wroxeter (Viroconium) which was always fascinating to visit but has recently had new reconstructions and interpretive centre.Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.com