tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4909835957725034424..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: SHELLS AND KERNELS: The knowledge and the deep knowledge by Elizabeth ChadwickMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37464287491708147522014-02-25T10:42:13.192+00:002014-02-25T10:42:13.192+00:00Well, I do try and do my homework, and have often ...Well, I do try and do my homework, and have often found bits of fantastic detail that are really powerful - like the people crying during the terrible air-raids in Berlin. Also, I discovered from reading Sebastian Haffner's memoir of pre-war Germany (I think it's called Against Hitler, in English?) exactly what the weather was like during the final days of World War 1 in Berlin, after the Revolution, and the fact that it was foggy made a wonderful metaphor for the uncertain future of Germany after the war, in my short story of WW1 in an up-coming collection. Which will be published a month after the History Girls' Daughters of Time which is out very shortly, guys!!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72250165623234090262014-02-24T22:01:48.274+00:002014-02-24T22:01:48.274+00:00Great post Elizabeth - from one research nerd to a...<br />Great post Elizabeth - from one research nerd to another! Searching for kernel means I am frequently 'lost in the library' Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-17648317232877920502014-02-24T17:54:16.462+00:002014-02-24T17:54:16.462+00:00Excellent points, all! I think that what you said,...Excellent points, all! I think that what you said, going deeper and getting to the kernel inside the shell, is what makes the distinction between a good historical novel versus a truly great one. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508302421134951238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10039873907915716752014-02-24T13:59:00.543+00:002014-02-24T13:59:00.543+00:00Another reader has just pointed out my typo error ...Another reader has just pointed out my typo error - put it down to lack of sleep! I should have said the Histoire was twenty thousand lines long, not two!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87764643029599971202014-02-24T10:51:11.684+00:002014-02-24T10:51:11.684+00:00Wonderful. I love the research, but I am sure I so...Wonderful. I love the research, but I am sure I sometimes mistake the shell for the kernel. And when I find the inner story, I have to be careful not to add so many paragraphs just so as I can fit it in! <br />I love the way you keep the kidnap riposte story open to interpretation - reminds me of Carol Ann Duffy's interpretation of Shakespeare famously leaving his wife his second best bed - that's the shell, she invented a kernel: http://thepoemoftheweek.blogspot.co.uk/2005/02/poem-of-week-2142005-anne-hathaway.htmlClare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38440471417645960762014-02-24T10:15:46.296+00:002014-02-24T10:15:46.296+00:00Super - I agree, it's a great part of research...Super - I agree, it's a great part of research, even if hardly anyone ever notices.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.com