tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post2564771350089348551..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Where beth they beforen us weren?Katherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-56877217835844117992010-08-14T16:17:38.801-07:002010-08-14T16:17:38.801-07:00How exciting! Thanks for posting the link. I was a...How exciting! Thanks for posting the link. I was a big Rosemary Sutcliffe fan as a kid. Keep meaning to re-read her.Jo Treggiarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417288480274268189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-50763667215618212632010-08-13T12:16:29.192-07:002010-08-13T12:16:29.192-07:00Yes, surely children can feel it too! I've bee...Yes, surely children can feel it too! I've been fascinated by the past for as long as I remember. Thank you for sharing this lovely experience with us.Ana S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16092495983972185943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-39881901547556875492010-08-12T06:53:43.772-07:002010-08-12T06:53:43.772-07:00I like that idea, Cathrin - giants guarding the go...I like that idea, Cathrin - giants guarding the gold!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-52023390301394953662010-08-11T00:22:38.008-07:002010-08-11T00:22:38.008-07:00Ditto for me. I'm very glad you posted this ag...Ditto for me. I'm very glad you posted this again and I'm envious of the history lying at your feet. I could read about a find like this in the news, but it wouldn't make me feel almost as if I had seen it for myself. You do that with your beautiful writing. (Oh, and the large tattooed men remind me of gentle giants, which is a fantastical addition to the tale.)Cathrinhttp://www.cathrinhagey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-75968190221711255682010-08-09T02:43:05.598-07:002010-08-09T02:43:05.598-07:00So glad you re-posted this - I somehow missed it o...So glad you re-posted this - I somehow missed it on ABBA.<br /><br />It gave me the authentic hair-rise experience.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-77696841808761143362010-08-09T00:19:09.804-07:002010-08-09T00:19:09.804-07:00I know! And we may be in for a sequel: rumours th...I know! And we may be in for a sequel: rumours that the metal detectorists are being invited back in a few weeks, once the fields have been harrowed. Watch this space...Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-75739592838185459652010-08-08T15:15:16.947-07:002010-08-08T15:15:16.947-07:00Went over to the Saxon Grave site - it's fasci...Went over to the Saxon Grave site - it's fascinating. I agree with the farmer who was surprised how little damage had been done by ploughing. It's always amazing that such undiscovered treasures are there only just under the topsoil.maryomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265044617480788043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-50783240969701610762010-08-08T14:57:40.369-07:002010-08-08T14:57:40.369-07:00I'm so envious that you got to see it all for ...I'm so envious that you got to see it all for yourself! I've always loved archaeology, and the Anglo saxon sites that have been found over the years are just fascinating...<br />I agree with you about historical fiction for children, it caught my imagination then and its still my favourite thing to read now...Windsongs and Wordhoardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211375575810428500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-31093270532828476772010-08-08T13:55:21.950-07:002010-08-08T13:55:21.950-07:00(sorry about spelling mistakes there - it must be ...(sorry about spelling mistakes there - it must be my bedtime.)Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-42131316344342201562010-08-08T13:54:43.954-07:002010-08-08T13:54:43.954-07:00There seemed to be quite a lot about when iw as a ...There seemed to be quite a lot about when iw as a child. Jane Lane (who seemd to write a lot about Bonny Prince Charlie); Geoffrey Trease and Henry Treece; Rosemary Sutcliff - then I migrated to older and earlier writers like Margaret Irwin... And I think it's still a veru popular genre. Just - not with editors, or not mine, and not this last year!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-87521241034992542822010-08-08T08:10:25.001-07:002010-08-08T08:10:25.001-07:00A lack of children's historical fiction was pa...A lack of children's historical fiction was part of the reason for me reading adult historical fiction by the time I was 12 (that and my mother had become fed up of me running out of holiday reading so quickly - she made me find the thickest book i could that I thought would be interesting, which was Sharon Penman's The Sunne in Splendour)<br /><br />The first stories I wrote outside of school work(i think i was about 8) were historical/time slip stories - but then again, we spent alot of family holidays visiting ruins, castles and stately homes - guess it's not the same if your family holidays are to disney world or the beachKatehttp://twitter.com/Polipetlnoreply@blogger.com