tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post9102476124092914377..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: In which I commit identity theft, throw a child from a bell-tower and acquire a patina – Michelle LovricMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-86329882071590776012011-12-13T22:23:49.079+00:002011-12-13T22:23:49.079+00:00What a gratifyingly sensory post Michelle, thanks,...What a gratifyingly sensory post Michelle, thanks, but the "thousand words before breakfast" left me gasping!Theresa Breslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240135723649161949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-82352911047530924512011-12-11T19:26:36.502+00:002011-12-11T19:26:36.502+00:00Lovely, Michelle!Lovely, Michelle!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-75835565003935803222011-12-10T19:48:53.388+00:002011-12-10T19:48:53.388+00:00Wonderful post - I know so well that wonderful fee...Wonderful post - I know so well that wonderful feeling of going out and plundering for the novel - like rioting, but with no evil consequences, rather beneficent one. I'm sure Baby Jesus should be delighted to lend his face. He must have borrowed it himself, from some peasant kid or other who was brought to the artist's studio for some much-needed dosh by his Mamma all those years ago..Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-51645915861248235782011-12-10T16:22:02.904+00:002011-12-10T16:22:02.904+00:00Magical post, Michelle! Sitting here nursing '...Magical post, Michelle! Sitting here nursing 'flu in Bristol, you have transported me utterly. My vicarious enjoyment of Venice, of your research - and your energy! - has been a great tonic. Thank you!H.M. Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716936870601385683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-63330715319466247382011-12-10T14:34:31.415+00:002011-12-10T14:34:31.415+00:00What a fabulous post! Lovely!What a fabulous post! Lovely!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90136301490990544932011-12-10T11:57:52.671+00:002011-12-10T11:57:52.671+00:00Lovely post - will be reading the book just for th...Lovely post - will be reading the book just for the whispering statues alone!Marie-Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305065420884420669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81794250249336313782011-12-10T11:21:43.205+00:002011-12-10T11:21:43.205+00:00I am so looking forward to reading the novel, Mich...I am so looking forward to reading the novel, Michelle, after reading this evocative, sensual and intriguing post. I have never, alas alack, been to Venice although I have always longed to. After reading this, I am even more adamant.Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-36014886940653229422011-12-10T10:27:34.886+00:002011-12-10T10:27:34.886+00:00Lovely, lovely post...Lovely, lovely post...Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-21519645721363578962011-12-10T10:18:35.981+00:002011-12-10T10:18:35.981+00:00Wonderfully evocative post, Michelle!
How useful ...Wonderfully evocative post, Michelle!<br /><br />How useful that Biennale vulture would have been for carrying messages!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90141263407376565532011-12-10T09:47:44.483+00:002011-12-10T09:47:44.483+00:00I think your new patina should be 'encrusted&#...I think your new patina should be 'encrusted' - as with jewels. <br /><br />I can't wait to read Talina in the Tower. I'm sure you will have conjured up images of Venice and its characters (from reality or glorious paintings) just as vividly and magically as you have done before.Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66833661345480841052011-12-10T08:39:34.956+00:002011-12-10T08:39:34.956+00:00I bet we have stolen some of the same faces, Strop...I bet we have stolen some of the same faces, Stroppy Author. Even some of the same hats and shoes. I sometimes wonder if there should be a separate entrance and a higher ticket price for writers at these places, given what we get up to?<br />ps forgive the typos and spelling mistakes in this blog. My new patina does not include a spellcheck facility.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73277385769501612252011-12-10T08:26:17.858+00:002011-12-10T08:26:17.858+00:00What a lovely weekend, Michelle. Yes, I've sto...What a lovely weekend, Michelle. Yes, I've stolen identities in Accademia, too - I wonder if we have any of the same characters? That kind of intense wallowing in research is wonderful - such a treat to enjoy yours vicariously. Thank you!Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.com