tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post887798911445672940..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Loch Leven Castle & Mary Queen of Scots: by Theresa BreslinMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-12045840813171520922013-01-20T11:12:13.693+00:002013-01-20T11:12:13.693+00:00Thanks Susan, I know what you mean about Mary. I w...Thanks Susan, I know what you mean about Mary. I was going to do her as the 'character I just don't get' feature but when I did the research and found out about the frequent attempts to poison her from an early age (her two older male siblings died mysteriously in infancy) ,her isolation in her teenage years, and her treatment which was quite sophisticated abuse, and I thought of my own teenage girls, then I had a lot more sympathy for her. Women were so completely trapped by circumstances then, well, even now some still are.... Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-5435771257788485962013-01-19T22:13:55.367+00:002013-01-19T22:13:55.367+00:00Loved this blog, despite having little or no sympa...Loved this blog, despite having little or no sympathy for Mary QoS! The descriptions of the birds, and the sense of contact across the centuries was breathtaking.<br />Amazed that there are so few comments!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10774239447538093202013-01-19T14:59:28.235+00:002013-01-19T14:59:28.235+00:00It's one of my favourite places Adèle - even w...It's one of my favourite places Adèle - even without the history. Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-78363587338293576422013-01-19T14:04:34.629+00:002013-01-19T14:04:34.629+00:00What a wonderful post, Theresa...feel as if I were...What a wonderful post, Theresa...feel as if I were there. Super photos, too! adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.com