tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post8327153892037022804..comments2024-03-28T04:30:13.337-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Tartly Books on SaleHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-50694191951378924552009-06-11T21:06:54.333-04:002009-06-11T21:06:54.333-04:00I have heard only good things about Karen Essex......I have heard only good things about Karen Essex...its only a matter of time...Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-29536279119633106032009-06-11T20:37:57.284-04:002009-06-11T20:37:57.284-04:00This is pure torture...thanks, Heather! I'm st...This is pure torture...thanks, Heather! I'm still paying off my latest Amazon art book purchases...<br /><br />I DARE not order anything else at the moment. <br /><br />However, I just finished one that I think would be of interest to our group if you haven't already reviewed/discussed it. It is "Stealing Athena" by Karen Essex. It is about the Elgin Marble caper. It alternates between the stories of Aspasia, the lover of Perikles and Mary Nisbet, the wife of Lord Elgin. Well done I thought.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870791842615196439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-90390671077497694442009-06-11T17:31:04.036-04:002009-06-11T17:31:04.036-04:00That sounds so much like me. I'm even afraid o...That sounds so much like me. I'm even afraid of visiting Amazon now. I've already ordered the Memoirs of Vigée le Brun and that game Enquête à Versailles. And same with me: I have a... well an enormous pile of books to read. Sigh.Júlia Durand https://www.blogger.com/profile/00023215830297462198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-18819820860958411412009-06-11T16:36:23.180-04:002009-06-11T16:36:23.180-04:00Oh dear I think you're right and I got my Lady...Oh dear I think you're right and I got my Lady Di's mixed up. Goodness, there is too many of them! Thanks for the catch!Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-29209512701292234812009-06-11T16:28:59.624-04:002009-06-11T16:28:59.624-04:00It's so nice to be back online!
I can also re...It's so nice to be back online!<br /><br />I can also recommend the Tillyard book. It was almost as absorbing as Aristocrats.<br /><br />Regarding The First lady Diana, I own that as well and would say that it is worth the read but at a good price. Her life was so short (she was 25 when she died, I think) and most of her letters don't exist. the book is as much about the grandmother who raised her, Sarah Churchill (yes, THE Sarah Churchill) as it is about her and that Sarah is a force to be reckoned with. To say the least.<br /><br />A question I have is why Diana Beauclerk is mentioned. The Lady Diana of the title married the Duke of Bedford and was thus a Russell, not a Beauclerk. I think there must be two of her, as the photo in your link shows a portrait from later in the century. The Spencer-Churchill family and the Spencers of Althorp I think are different branches of the same family. But it'sll very confusing....Polonaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192167594851519558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-12604906184349131082009-06-10T19:25:49.810-04:002009-06-10T19:25:49.810-04:00Ugh, I've been there before. It's a diffi...Ugh, I've been there before. It's a difficult task.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-4173724330719668642009-06-10T18:59:00.310-04:002009-06-10T18:59:00.310-04:00Those are tempting.. but luckily I'm moving so...Those are tempting.. but luckily I'm moving soon and will have to fit everything into just two suitcases. That's enough to dissuade me from making purchases!Eliza Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627605324381190861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-25785022557611378402009-06-10T16:09:16.235-04:002009-06-10T16:09:16.235-04:00I feel as though I have a whole case of books I ne...I feel as though I have a whole case of books I need to read and then I find more and more. I think I'm going to have to put the Tillyard and Emma one on the top of my list now.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-53615918521146767482009-06-10T10:50:13.274-04:002009-06-10T10:50:13.274-04:00I actually own the Stella Tillyard book which is f...I actually own the Stella Tillyard book which is fabulous, and the Kate William's Emma biography which is also wonderful. I would definitely purchase those two books.Elizabeth Kerri Mahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763642809052430107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-5895606646810327352009-06-10T08:55:45.913-04:002009-06-10T08:55:45.913-04:00I'm glad that I'm not the only one who buy...I'm glad that I'm not the only one who buys too many books!! You should see the stacks of unread books I have.Ingrid Midahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609389355426171504noreply@blogger.com