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jayes_musings) wrote2019-05-03 04:28 pm
jayes_musings) wrote2019-05-03 04:28 pm
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Friday Five: History!
1.Is there a particular historical period or event, anywhere in the world, that fascinates you? Oh, so many. Ancient Greece, Roman Britain, and Medieval Europe would probably be my top three
2. Would you like to visit that time, or live in it permanently, or does the whole idea make you want to run screaming? Visit = Ancient Greece and Roman Britain....Run screaming from Medieval Europe.
3. What's the best piece of historical writing, nonfiction or fiction, you've ever read? Definitely Sharon Kay Penman's books. "The Sunne in Splendour" is a exceptional recounting of the life of Richard III. But my favourite is "When Christ and His Saints Slept" which chronicles the war between King Stephen and Empress Maude and begins her Plantagenet series.
4. What's the worst? I can't remember the author, but I once read a novel about Attila the Hun that was laughably awful. I read about 50 pages and threw it away. Conn Iggulden's "Gates of Rome" was a real disappointment, filled with inaccuracies, which was a shame because I really like his "Conqueror" series.
5.Is there a historical site you would love to visit? Well, I've been fortunate enough to visit quite a few on my 'must-see' list, but still very much on there is Greece (Athens, Sparta, Delphi, and Thermopylae). I would also love to visit Petra.
2. Would you like to visit that time, or live in it permanently, or does the whole idea make you want to run screaming? Visit = Ancient Greece and Roman Britain....Run screaming from Medieval Europe.
3. What's the best piece of historical writing, nonfiction or fiction, you've ever read? Definitely Sharon Kay Penman's books. "The Sunne in Splendour" is a exceptional recounting of the life of Richard III. But my favourite is "When Christ and His Saints Slept" which chronicles the war between King Stephen and Empress Maude and begins her Plantagenet series.
4. What's the worst? I can't remember the author, but I once read a novel about Attila the Hun that was laughably awful. I read about 50 pages and threw it away. Conn Iggulden's "Gates of Rome" was a real disappointment, filled with inaccuracies, which was a shame because I really like his "Conqueror" series.
5.Is there a historical site you would love to visit? Well, I've been fortunate enough to visit quite a few on my 'must-see' list, but still very much on there is Greece (Athens, Sparta, Delphi, and Thermopylae). I would also love to visit Petra.