tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1447766814544448329..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Stalking Literary Heroes - Lucy CoatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-64881964517833944492013-06-20T12:48:08.225+01:002013-06-20T12:48:08.225+01:00Hooked by your description of Maturin - have order...Hooked by your description of Maturin - have ordered Master and Commander from the library - thanks!<br /><br />Celia C.J.Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288574235370421625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-28232517217531734492013-06-19T14:18:35.456+01:002013-06-19T14:18:35.456+01:00Really enjoyed a spot of unexpected dream travelli...Really enjoyed a spot of unexpected dream travelling this morning with your post. Thanks, Lucy!<br /><br />(But how unlike the TV version of Maturin he is.)Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65290341754952466582013-06-19T12:12:35.901+01:002013-06-19T12:12:35.901+01:00Hmm...which landscape would I visit? Mary Renault...Hmm...which landscape would I visit? Mary Renault's Athens - but I think it might have changed too much. Ditto the Elizabethan London of Antonia Forest's "The Players and the Rebels" (that's definitely changed too much).<br /><br />Maybe I'd pick the unnamed monastery in "The Name of the Rose" - sadly, it does not exist. I guess that is also the power of historical fiction, to make an invented location seem utterly real and of a time.Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-8651784759614182782013-06-19T10:19:37.371+01:002013-06-19T10:19:37.371+01:00I didn't know Mahon is where those two great l...I didn't know Mahon is where those two great literary characters met! If you ever have a chance to go back, I recommend going at the end of August when there is a classic yacht regatta - that's when you will see Mahon harbour once more full of mizzen masts and gaff rigs and full-bellied white sails... Lilyhttp://www.lilyhyde.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15117449135255122072013-06-19T09:51:43.745+01:002013-06-19T09:51:43.745+01:00It's true, what you say. I've never been ...It's true, what you say. I've never been to Greece but I feel I would recognize so many things from Mary Renault's books. Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22362768725096618352013-06-19T09:29:27.052+01:002013-06-19T09:29:27.052+01:00Lovely pictures! Only read one of these, years ago...Lovely pictures! Only read one of these, years ago - must have another go!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com