tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3288883235323049168..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: So, Charles, what did you do on your holidays? by K. M. GrantMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-88401138243968448382011-12-02T19:13:05.748+00:002011-12-02T19:13:05.748+00:00I loved the "fat chops" comment! Persona...I loved the "fat chops" comment! Personal writing is my favourite primary source - letters give such insight into the subject of the letter but also the writer of the letter.Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-8738798968431328072011-12-01T09:43:01.262+00:002011-12-01T09:43:01.262+00:00Kipling! The wonderful Kipling. In 'A Priest ...Kipling! The wonderful Kipling. In 'A Priest In Spite of Himself': 'Boney' appears as a subsidiary but very memorable character who 'slid a plate along just like a sulky child. he was a lank-haired, yellow-skinned little man, as nervous as a cat - and as dangerous' - and later, signing a letter, he 'sidled up to the table and jabbed his pen into the ink. Then he shies at the paper...'<br /><br />Not quite 'a vulgar wriggling', but close.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77025242722671321082011-11-29T11:17:14.188+00:002011-11-29T11:17:14.188+00:00Oh, how I agree with Leslie: what writer of ficti...Oh, how I agree with Leslie: what writer of fiction would have dared come up "with a vulgar wriggling of his whole person" in relation to Napoleon? Fabulous.Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-40955168258269104522011-11-28T19:13:29.857+00:002011-11-28T19:13:29.857+00:00Fascinating - and I loved the image of Napoleon wr...Fascinating - and I loved the image of Napoleon wriggling like an old woman enjoying a dirty joke. A piece of raw history.. oh how I do love primary sources.Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-39566084800298893972011-11-28T15:40:22.243+00:002011-11-28T15:40:22.243+00:00Thank you - I don't know what I'd have don...Thank you - I don't know what I'd have done without my ancestors - certainly not been a History Girl. For that (and only secondarily for possibly precipitating Napoleon's last hurrah) I thank them most profoundly.Katie Granthttp://www.kmgrant.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14396433402472019462011-11-28T11:16:04.892+00:002011-11-28T11:16:04.892+00:00I pressed the wrong button. The above comment is ...I pressed the wrong button. The above comment is from me.Barbara Mitchelhillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-80311203076452206172011-11-28T11:15:12.470+00:002011-11-28T11:15:12.470+00:00It's remarkable to think that your ancestor...It's remarkable to think that your ancestor's visit to Elba could have changed the course of French history. And how marvellous that he put it all in a letter. It could so easily have been: glorious weather, fabulous food. Wish you were here.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37675035986378478272011-11-28T11:04:17.624+00:002011-11-28T11:04:17.624+00:00What a gem! And agree with the thoughts on ancesto...What a gem! And agree with the thoughts on ancestors above.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65992533606449719762011-11-28T08:41:50.069+00:002011-11-28T08:41:50.069+00:00Katie, you have the most fascinating ancestors! W...Katie, you have the most fascinating ancestors! What a marvellous letter to have 'knocking about in a drawer'!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.com