tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8186639865711390724..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Skullduggery and Sabotage in the East Anglian fens by Rosemary HayesMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20809047756605110852014-09-04T15:22:56.192+01:002014-09-04T15:22:56.192+01:00I first came across the story of the draining of t...I first came across the story of the draining of the fens by the Dutch in Violet Bibby's children's novel Many Waters; I shall read Flight of the mallard as well for another perspective.Elspeth Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834041351713094712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15060389367816267862014-09-04T14:36:10.793+01:002014-09-04T14:36:10.793+01:00Flight of the mallard sounds just my sort of book....Flight of the mallard sounds just my sort of book. i too love the fens and was intrigued when I was researching the Anglo-Dutch wars for the Lion of Sole Bay and realised how many of the captured Dutch seamen ended up working and settling there.julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-38869021362694614342014-09-04T14:16:14.515+01:002014-09-04T14:16:14.515+01:00Fascinating post. I've always enjoyed the Fens...Fascinating post. I've always enjoyed the Fens in fiction: "Gaffer Samson's Luck" by Jill Paton Walsh is a wonderful children's book, and then there's Peter Wimsey story "Nine Tailors" by Dorothy Sayers, both very evocative of place. And yet, though I've lived close by (in Cambridge) I've never really explored. Something to put right!Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77627894325176471902014-09-04T10:57:11.018+01:002014-09-04T10:57:11.018+01:00My brother lives in Ely, so I shall get Flight of ...My brother lives in Ely, so I shall get Flight of the Mallard for his daughters. My daughter loved The Blue-Eyed Aborigine by the way, so thank you for that too!Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-48966558110581955182014-09-04T10:41:09.246+01:002014-09-04T10:41:09.246+01:00One of my very favourite parts of the world and I&...One of my very favourite parts of the world and I'm so glad to think you've enable children to see the magic and mystery in it, that way they will want to preserve it. I always loved the fenland story of Tiddy Mun and his peewit cry. I like to he and his little people might still be hidden in Wicken Fen.Karen Maitlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658962341244062060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67518208997792498962014-09-04T09:23:18.807+01:002014-09-04T09:23:18.807+01:00I went to Wicken Fen only a few weeks ago, while s...I went to Wicken Fen only a few weeks ago, while staying with friends, and loved it - especially the little cottage and the story of the family that lived there. Fenland does have a curious fascination and magical quality, doesn't it - the Somerset levels, near where I live, have the same feeling. It's very spooky driving across them at night time, when ribbons of mist drift across the roads.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81807685490485813482014-09-04T07:15:48.372+01:002014-09-04T07:15:48.372+01:00Rosemary, I love that part of England and used to ...Rosemary, I love that part of England and used to visit regularly when I lived in the UK. You evoke its history marvellously. Thank you.Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.com