tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5759117468617716606..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: LADY CROOKBACK – on disability and invisibility in historical fiction. By Elizabeth FremantleMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79550484712440830582017-04-10T12:18:28.999+01:002017-04-10T12:18:28.999+01:00I am writing a book on Disability and The Tudors:A...I am writing a book on Disability and The Tudors:All the king's fools' being published by Pen and Sword books in May 2018. There were quite a few characters with scoliosis, Queen Claude of France being among the women to have suffered. I have cerebral plasy which I had since birth, being only 1lb 2 ounces. I have written a fictional book called Miracle with the main character having cerebral palsy, but its set in the present time. Researching personalities who suffered disabilities in the Tudor period is proving fascinating. Thanks for this snippet, I can now include Lady Mary Grey in my book.Phillipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532825313478432576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6828747719707527552014-05-16T21:40:31.336+01:002014-05-16T21:40:31.336+01:00Really interesting read - thanks for posting the e...Really interesting read - thanks for posting the extract.Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-86784535431410986452014-05-13T21:12:46.613+01:002014-05-13T21:12:46.613+01:00Good for you! I like the sound of your book. I a...Good for you! I like the sound of your book. I also have female disabled characters in my historical fantasies - Margaret in Silver Hands http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Hands-Elizabeth-Hopkinson/dp/1780998724 and Celestina in my current work in progress, the Angelio Trilogy.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404111400436001557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-41798976048814095512014-05-13T16:56:33.923+01:002014-05-13T16:56:33.923+01:00A fascinating post and extract!
Barbara Willard&#...A fascinating post and extract!<br /><br />Barbara Willard's Mantlemass series has a heroine with a thickened shoulder/hunchback (and maybe for the same reasons that Mary Grey did): Lilias in "The Iron Lily". She has to overcome many disadvantages, including illegitimacy/disinheritance and her disability and the damage that does to her marriage prospects and ends up as a successful ironmaster!Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52420672125410963672014-05-13T13:09:17.508+01:002014-05-13T13:09:17.508+01:00Such a fascinating post - and yes, a great scene! ...Such a fascinating post - and yes, a great scene! I also recommend Michelle's Book of Human Skin: a compelling read.<br /><br />A favourite book of mine when younger was The Lute Player by Norah Lofts. One of the main characters is Duchess Anna, an invented half-sister of Berengaria, the Spanish princess who married Richard Lionheart. Anna is very intelligent and witty, and narrates several sections of the book. She's probably its best character.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78785297090619378552014-05-13T10:22:23.986+01:002014-05-13T10:22:23.986+01:00Thanks for your lovely comments and also for point...Thanks for your lovely comments and also for pointing me in the direction of other disabled heroines. I shall go straight to Amazon for The Book of Human Skin, Michelle. <br />Liz Fremantlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14380636910920907008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-39967305961227339502014-05-13T09:39:28.870+01:002014-05-13T09:39:28.870+01:00I had not heard of Lady Mary Grey. People who defy...I had not heard of Lady Mary Grey. People who defy the obvious categories in whatever way often face great challenges, but have a unique perspective - the new book sounds fascinating.Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74411640233282550532014-05-13T09:38:24.738+01:002014-05-13T09:38:24.738+01:00A very interesting and thought provoking post with...A very interesting and thought provoking post with a powerful extract!<br />I read a Robert Hale romantic historical published in 1970 by Margaret Abbey titled Girdle of Amber which had a disabled heroine centre stage. She had a club foot as I recall. It was a favourite book and I borrowed it from the library more than once!Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-40973295581760737322014-05-13T09:21:09.641+01:002014-05-13T09:21:09.641+01:00Such a touching scene! And the image of being hung...Such a touching scene! And the image of being hung on a hook is very powerful.<br /><br />I wrote about disability in The Book of Human Skin, set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. My protagonist Marcella is crippled when her brother shoots her but she also suffers from incontinence, one of those hidden, shameful disorders that few people want to address in fiction but which blights so many lives.<br /><br />These days comedians sometimes mock excessive political correctness about the disabled. Historical fiction has important work to do - as you are doing - in showing how far we have come, and how much the correction in our attitudes has been necessary.<br /><br />Very best of luck with the book. michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89061162364694948942014-05-13T09:21:08.571+01:002014-05-13T09:21:08.571+01:00Such a touching scene! And the image of being hung...Such a touching scene! And the image of being hung on a hook is very powerful.<br /><br />I wrote about disability in The Book of Human Skin, set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. My protagonist Marcella is crippled when her brother shoots her but she also suffers from incontinence, one of those hidden, shameful disorders that few people want to address in fiction but which blights so many lives.<br /><br />These days comedians sometimes mock excessive political correctness about the disabled. Historical fiction has important work to do - as you are doing - in showing how far we have come, and how much the correction in our attitudes has been necessary.<br /><br />Very best of luck with the book. michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.com