tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post3686283786790149644..comments2024-03-06T23:48:50.730-08:00Comments on HISTORICAL BOYS: Historical Fiction for Men and Women: In Memory of Reay TannahillC.W. Gortnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-25683123371628912252007-12-06T16:06:00.000-08:002007-12-06T16:06:00.000-08:00I enjoyed both Fatal Majesty and The Seventh Son. ...I enjoyed both Fatal Majesty and The Seventh Son. Will have to check out some of her other older novels.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-64812627409067491592007-11-30T22:58:00.000-08:002007-11-30T22:58:00.000-08:00When I read The World, the Flesh and the Devil, I ...When I read The World, the Flesh and the Devil, I was swept away. It had everything I like in an historical novel. I haven't read her latest ones, but Sarah has recommended them to me before, and they're now in my shopping cart. I agree that she had a talent for a wide variety of styles. I think part of the reason Fatal Majesty wasn't widely praised is that Mary is not a central character in the ways we're used to seeing central characters depicted these days. I heard similiar quibbles about her The Seventh Son, about Richard III, which I've currently got sitting on my TBR pile.C.W. Gortnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11881402758065602605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-58721367573789260792007-11-30T14:51:00.000-08:002007-11-30T14:51:00.000-08:00I'm a little embarrassed to say that Fatal Majesty...I'm a little embarrassed to say that <I>Fatal Majesty</I> is the only one of hers (besides the newest) that I haven't read. The tepid reviews may have had something to do with it. Thanks for the recommendation. I'll get it back on the TBR.<BR/><BR/>She had a talent for writing, equally well imho, in a wide variety of styles. I was pleasantly surprised by the lightheartedness of <I>Having the Builders In</I> as her other novels were fairly serious. My favorites - <I>World, Flesh, and the Devil</I>, and <I>Passing Glory</I>.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2677127201060358858.post-88409802513426984082007-11-29T20:14:00.000-08:002007-11-29T20:14:00.000-08:00Ooo, The World, the Flesh and the Devil is one of ...Ooo, <I>The World, the Flesh and the Devil</I> is one of my all time favourites too. I'll have to check out <I>Fatal Majesty</I>. I loved her voice. What a loss.lucy pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654313604255868619noreply@blogger.com