tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6445358886368575904..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Flying Monk, and Other Aerial Characters - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74324555189111618782012-08-04T10:07:08.261+01:002012-08-04T10:07:08.261+01:00Love that Epitaph!! And the whole post is very int...Love that Epitaph!! And the whole post is very interesting. Btw, do read THE GALLOWS CURSE by our fellow History Girl, Karen Maitland, set in 1210. I think it's up your street! I loved it.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-1165871582423148902012-08-04T09:40:12.510+01:002012-08-04T09:40:12.510+01:00Goodness - isn't it interesting how other peop...Goodness - isn't it interesting how other people see us. I live in Wiltshire - and love Malmesbury, the solidity of the Abbey that towers over everything. But I'd never thought of it as a 'sweet little country town!' It's history is as rich as any town in Wiltshire, but it has its factories (Dyson was a huge employer for a long time), and its rough corners. It's still a vibrant, complex, living, market town!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-80090356846204388562012-08-04T07:02:35.280+01:002012-08-04T07:02:35.280+01:00This sounds wonderful! I probably have some of thi...This sounds wonderful! I probably have some of this among my university texts, somewhere on my shelves. I know I've got some William of Malmesbury writing there...nothing like primary sources to give you the flavour of the times! <br /><br />And goodness, what an ending for a barmaid in a small town!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com