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  1. I haven't seen that one. I'm not sure which one I saw, it's been so long that I don't remember who was in it :blush: (to be honest, at the time I didn't really care about that, I just liked the film). I have the TV mini-series from 1983 on my shelf but I haven't watched it yet.

    You must mean the adaptation staring Timothy Dalton! I haven't seen that one but have seen him in Wuthering Heights. He doesn't look like Heathcliff however his acting was great!

  2. I don't think I'm a complete fangirl, there are authors that I really like but I wouldn't call myself over-the-top or anything. I think with pretty much every author I really like, I can see why some other people wouldn't like their work so much.

     

    Same here!

     

    Although growing up I used to be a fan of a book series called the Babysitters Club.

  3. Hi gg :smile:

     

    Thank you for the book recommendation. Have you read anymore books based on the Tudors?

     

    I am reading The First Elizabeth by Carolly Erickson it's about Elizabeth I. I love the book so far! And what's great is that the author isn't very bias (which is not common with historical writers).

  4. Just about to go and watch BBC classic Miss Marple, on BBC 4 at 7.00. Then Downton Abbey at 9.00. A whole evening of genteel British old-time drama. Feeling warm and cosy just to think about it :smile2:

     

    Sounds nice! :smile: Which classic Miss Marple? The adaptations starring Joan Hickson?

     

    Welcome to the forum by the way.

  5. You're still on the "historical" theme though, Frankie - another author  for us to investigate. :smile:

     

    Something I've noticed a lot with series of books - the first blows you away, and from then on we get more critical!

    Especially in a series like this, where the time period is pretty unique.

     

    I've usually found if I stick with them, I settle into the progressing story, which originally had maybe a year of two between books, but now we may notice more to grumble about, as they're being read consecutively?  

     

    What do y'all think?    

    Hi Booknutt! :smile:

     

    I agree with you. The first Historical fiction book I read  by my favorite Historical fiction author (Jean Plaidy) was Rose Without A Thorn. It was an excellent book and one of my favorites! After that I read many of her other books i.e. The Lady in the Tower, and began to notice some flaws in her writing whereas in the beginning I did not.

     

    But maybe it has nothing whatsoever to do with one's initial awe of the author. Perhaps it's just that certain books are just not written as well as some others.

  6. Cuppycakes, do you like American History as much as British?As you are from USA you will know more about it than most.

    :smile:

     I do like reading about American history as well; but I particularly enjoy reading about English history. Perhaps it's because many of my ancestors come from England.

     

     

    but there is a lot of history there, starting with The Pilgrim Fathers.

    I particularly like Native American history i.e. Pocahontas...I asked in another thread but was wondering if anyone knew of any definitive biographies about Pocahontas?

  7. Hi peter! I have a Kindle as well and really love it! When I first saw there were free e-books I was excited. The first book I got was "England under the Tudors" by Arthur Innes -- but was disappointed to find how poorly edited, excessively long and boring it was to read. (And I love reading about history!)

  8. This morning I have my Paulo Nutini cd on, 'Sunny Side Up'  all great tracks. I usually listen to my own compilations as I like  to hear different sorts of music on one cd but this Nutini cd is very good.If you don't know him, he is a young Scot  of Italian ancestry [there are lots in Scotland.]he sounds like a 45 year old but is in his 20's surprisingly!he writes his own stuff as well.

    Hi gg! :smile:

     

    I looooooooove Paolo Nutini! :wub: He's very handsome! I have both of his albums. He is so talented! What's your favorite song of his?

  9. Mirren is always good, in whatever she plays in.  She has a way of becoming the role.  The play surprised me a little, in her relationship with Leicester.  I knew much about it, of course, but the portrayal in the film was  a bit more blatantly shown.

    They overly romanticized the relationship between Elizabeth and Dudley quite a bit in the Mirren version. It's not quite as faithful as some of the other biographies.

  10. Hi cuppycakes,

    no, it's quite different to Foyles War [but I know what you are thinking, very English.] That's set on the South coast of England, and the time is the early 1940's.

    Hi :smile:

     

    When did Stringer write his mysteries: is he a modern author? Though it's a different era, perhaps the creator of Foyle's War drew inspiration from Stringers' mysteries?

     

     

    I do like the Foyle series, very good attention paid to period detail, and in the tv series

     

     

    I like the show as well, there's a new season coming too. Foyle's War is one of the few mystery shows I like besides Agatha Christie adaptations.

  11. HI Vimes,

    I have remembered one of the book titles it's Death On A Branch Line [do hope I have remembered that correctly, these days I do forget things!] It's a very English sort of book, set in a quiet little place in the country with just a small cast of characters, but all the better for that.The writing sets the place [country small village in Yorkshire] and the time, mid-Summer before the fist World War,

    just perfectly. Naturally, all the trains are steam trains [i'm not into trains but found it doesn't matter] and i just like his style of writing .

    This reminds me a bit of the mystery series Foyle's War.

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