tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3582218192315225221..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: History, fiction and Josephine Tey by Imogen RobertsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91296821776124840242015-01-22T15:15:40.660+00:002015-01-22T15:15:40.660+00:00Wonderful post on a wonderful book, which I loved ...Wonderful post on a wonderful book, which I loved as a child and love still. But a great read in conjunction with Shakespeare. By the way, if any one is ever passing the Battle of Bosworth, especially with children, the visitor's centre there is brilliant.Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72382562553332481102015-01-21T20:26:14.464+00:002015-01-21T20:26:14.464+00:00Well, as I said - Hollow Crown II has done R3, and...Well, as I said - Hollow Crown II has done R3, and Dame Judi's in it so I shall HAVE to watch it (darn you BBC! Darn you Cumberbatch for talking her into it!) - can't miss my fave Dame doing Shakespeare...Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58062806941413939502015-01-21T20:22:09.000+00:002015-01-21T20:22:09.000+00:00Oh, go on, see it! It's a wonderful play, as l...Oh, go on, see it! It's a wonderful play, as long as you treat it as fiction. It's no worse than some of the Hollywood historical films in that respect. ;-)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26655293992529137032015-01-21T19:05:16.795+00:002015-01-21T19:05:16.795+00:00This is one of my fave Tey novels. I've refuse...This is one of my fave Tey novels. I've refused to read or see Shakespeare's play ever since I first read it. (Though I'm going to have to break that rule for The Hollow Crown II since one of my fave actors - Judi Dench - is in it!)Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-19410752962879503172015-01-21T11:24:36.486+00:002015-01-21T11:24:36.486+00:00As a reader of crime I read this book worried abou...As a reader of crime I read this book worried about the shear lack of crime, I was still in primary school and took it all as fact, and was cross that Richard III got such bad press! <br />Years later I studied Richard III as part of my O'level Literature course and enjoyed seeing both fictional sides of it finally, but I must confess to having a soft spot for Poor Richard ever since and it was the first historical book I ever read.Ruan Peathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999492027801288004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-43150203838237149642015-01-21T10:55:28.919+00:002015-01-21T10:55:28.919+00:00That novel is both my joy and my bane. It propelle...That novel is both my joy and my bane. It propelled me into historiography when I was a teen and it made me realised I'd learned just a scrap too much historiography to trust its conclusions a few years later. I still love it, but mostly from nostalgia.Gillian Polackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113321985223288302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73234533875417471632015-01-21T06:11:36.362+00:002015-01-21T06:11:36.362+00:00Sorry, that's "he" not Phee!Sorry, that's "he" not Phee!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72237152662321066822015-01-21T06:07:54.184+00:002015-01-21T06:07:54.184+00:00Lovely book! I discovered this in Year 11, through...Lovely book! I discovered this in Year 11, through my English teacher, when we studied the Shakespeare play. And yes, I joined the Richard III Society. I have reread it many times and rather like the idea of "Tonypandy" as a term for something everybody "knows" but which is complete and utter nonsense. I liked the fact that you had an entire murder mystery being solved without ever leaving Grant's hospital room. You couldn't write it today, really. Grant would get hold of a tablet computer and look it all up online. Or he'd demand the tablet computer and do his paperwork. Phee certainly wouldn't need an earnest young research assistant.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com