tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post475508726944115124..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Ancient Egyptian Adventures – Katherine RobertsMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-31604950247443588522016-06-23T20:55:25.638+01:002016-06-23T20:55:25.638+01:00I know I am late to the game but just read your po...I know I am late to the game but just read your post about Ancient Egypt. Love your Tut comment! I'm currently in the thick of writing an 18th Dynasty novel so I'm always on the look out for blog posts about my favorite subject. Or at least one of my favorite subjects. Horses being the other and I see from your website that you write about horses! Yippee! The little girl comes out in me everytime I see a new title. Can't wait to download and real all of yours!Debra Giuffridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069507120319995334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-56699976579698583042012-05-07T07:55:27.222+01:002012-05-07T07:55:27.222+01:00Oh, Terry Pratchett every time! he has a knack for...Oh, Terry Pratchett every time! he has a knack for pinpointing the essence of a civilisation, exaggerating it and then making it hilarious. I wonder if he'd consider doing something on coalition givernments to cheer us all up?Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912774665400125173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58577954512113912682012-05-06T18:53:17.821+01:002012-05-06T18:53:17.821+01:00Ah yes, Agatha Christie also did a Poirot story &q...Ah yes, Agatha Christie also did a Poirot story "Death on the Nile"... her work gets a lot of exposure around here because of Greenway, her holiday home on the River Dart.<br /><br />I've been inside and seen her first editions and her typewriter and all the cuneiform tablets etc. from her husband's excavations, and also heard her voice on tape in the drawing room talking about her writing... really spooky!Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29310003829372964672012-05-06T15:31:05.022+01:002012-05-06T15:31:05.022+01:00Paul Mercurio (of Strictly Ballroom fame) made for...Paul Mercurio (of Strictly Ballroom fame) made for a decent Joseph in the 1995 TV movie, Joseph in Egypt. I'd recommend it; not only do they have the budget to do the Biblical story justice, they cast Ben Kingsley as Potiphar and he's excellent in the role.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13538241168713795330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-46958229390652804722012-05-06T13:32:11.526+01:002012-05-06T13:32:11.526+01:00This reminded me of reading 'She' for the ...This reminded me of reading 'She' for the first time; it was an old copy, and it wasn't until I got to the end that I realised there were several pages missing! Oh, how I howled!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-68624883785283807732012-05-06T10:46:27.725+01:002012-05-06T10:46:27.725+01:00Fantastic post! I'm afraid I laughed aloud whi...Fantastic post! I'm afraid I laughed aloud while I was reading it - especially at Tutankhamun losing two points for 'being rotten when he was unwrapped'...<br /><br />Unfortunately I'm an H. Rider Haggard freak too, so I'd probably have put 'She' as my own favourite. But one very much neglected work is Agatha Christie's 'Death Comes As The End' - arguably the first true 'historical' detective novel. It's not great writing, but I remember she based it on two actual letters her archaeologist husband showed her, and they made the whole world come alive.alberridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986443240923520466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52378109410170865312012-05-06T10:45:42.062+01:002012-05-06T10:45:42.062+01:00Very hard to choose. I don't know which of tho...Very hard to choose. I don't know which of those will get my vote. Possiblyl Alexandria but I reckon Pyramids are pretty damn fine too. Lovely post.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.com