tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post7184139336973314829..comments2024-01-31T09:29:49.886-08:00Comments on BookBath: The Lady Elizabeth - Alison WeirKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971901652392645980noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-81113559942119274142009-10-20T20:36:57.523-07:002009-10-20T20:36:57.523-07:00I liked this book, but I think Eliz I's life w...I liked this book, but I think Eliz I's life was interesting enough without the "plot for dramatic purposes."Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475183245822795384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-54825108766324835532009-10-20T19:05:51.223-07:002009-10-20T19:05:51.223-07:00Hi Serena - Yes, the cover is gorgeous isn't i...Hi Serena - Yes, the cover is gorgeous isn't it? I think some re-writing as well as editing would have been good for this one!<br /><br />Hi Jane - thanks so much for your suggestion - that book about Shakepeare sounds great.<br /><br />Hi Bloomsbury Bell - David Starkey's books are always good aren't they? He does so much research.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971901652392645980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-48508239169119757222009-10-19T15:00:29.209-07:002009-10-19T15:00:29.209-07:00David Starkey's Elizabeth is a great biography...David Starkey's Elizabeth is a great biography of Elizabeth 1st. Also, Philippa Gregory writes historic fiction and I think the Virgin's Lover is the one about Elizabeth 1st.<br />She is one of my heroines so your review is great as I have not read any Alison Weir - thanks for the introduction!Bloomsbury Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770210075581113565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-29295018043815462142009-10-19T11:19:07.690-07:002009-10-19T11:19:07.690-07:00I just finished reading 1599: A Year in the Life o...I just finished reading 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare. Since author James Shapiro covers the political climate in which Shakespeare was writing his plays and poetry, this also happens to be a year in the Life of QEI. Rather than being a birth to death bio, this is a comprehensive look at one year, and is absolutely fascinating. If you want a great QEI non-fiction, I can heartily recommend this book.<br /><br />I've just about had it with madeup love stories whose role in a book is to add spice to an already fascinating story. What are we to do about it? I blame the editors and publicists and agents for convincing authors that this tripe sells.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-9656514975284473082009-10-19T10:31:44.282-07:002009-10-19T10:31:44.282-07:00I like the cover of this book, but its seems that ...I like the cover of this book, but its seems that more editing would have been necessarySerenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745809545249574387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-2803536070527015312009-10-19T01:42:53.338-07:002009-10-19T01:42:53.338-07:00Hi Teresa - that's exactly what I think about ...Hi Teresa - that's exactly what I think about Elizabeth's story! It has always fascinated me.<br /><br />Hi Jodie - I think if I had been reading this one while I was at home and not while I was on holidays I would have given up on this one too!<br /><br />Hi Danielle - I know - I was a little disappointed - I will stick to her non-fiction in the future.<br /><br />Hi Kim - I don't know why she does it!! When the factual material is so interesting too!!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971901652392645980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-49242022243521423512009-10-18T18:28:10.622-07:002009-10-18T18:28:10.622-07:00I love the film about Elizabeth I, Elizabeth - The...I love the film about Elizabeth I, Elizabeth - The Golden Years starring Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen. I haven't read many books about her but there does seem to be so many films, tv series and books about that period in history around at the moment. <br />I love the cover of the Lady Elizabeth Book, Karen. I wonder why Alison Weir "goes against all my instincts as a historian!" to include this intimate relationship in the story as she doesn't actually say why, does she.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481459014830218246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-4968602284442194782009-10-18T12:13:01.264-07:002009-10-18T12:13:01.264-07:00I've not read much about the Tudors lately, th...I've not read much about the Tudors lately, though I go in phases. It can be iffy when an author decides to dramatize the life of an actual person--especially when they've written NF books on the subject. Too bad it didn't work out this time!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-1252913304511229252009-10-18T05:28:45.541-07:002009-10-18T05:28:45.541-07:00I couldn't make it all the way through this on...I couldn't make it all the way through this one, glad to hear her non-fiction is interesting though.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462660276240016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433153409320048017.post-28621563953661402802009-10-17T19:15:57.523-07:002009-10-17T19:15:57.523-07:00I felt much the same way about this one. I thought...I felt much the same way about this one. I thought Weir made the scenario believeable enough. I just wish she hadn't gone there. Elizabeth's story is exciting enough without adding soapy elements. <br /><br />I did like Weir's Children of Henry VIII, which has a section on Elizabeth, and her other novel, Innocent Traitor, about Lady Jane Grey, is pretty good. I can't think of any novels about Elizabeth that I've particularly liked, though. It seems like everybody wants to go the soap opera route.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.com