tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post9211700376937534920..comments2023-11-29T07:39:34.401+00:00Comments on Carla Nayland Historical Fiction: The Whispering Bell, by Brian Sellars. Book reviewCarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-82419458952428724182009-02-26T17:12:00.000+00:002009-02-26T17:12:00.000+00:00Rick - I think it's just a coincidence. Two books...Rick - I think it's just a coincidence. Two books at a small publisher do not a trend make.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-77448955936871460142009-02-26T16:53:00.000+00:002009-02-26T16:53:00.000+00:00Is this just Quaestor, or is there a little boomle...Is this just Quaestor, or is there a little boomlet of interest in this period?<BR/><BR/>Sheer speculation follows, but I've read that devolution has brought more English awareness of their <I>Englishness</I> than in the fairly recent past, when people could say 'England stands alone' as though Scotland and Wales were neutrals. <BR/><BR/>(Not that you ever <I>didn't</I> know that you aren't merely 'British!')<BR/><BR/>But if people are thinking more about Englishness, it would naturally promote interest in the earliest English people we can really say anything about.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932015378213238346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-11352443961649396942009-02-25T15:42:00.000+00:002009-02-25T15:42:00.000+00:00If you don't mind, say, Simon Scarrow, you won't h...If you don't mind, say, Simon Scarrow, you won't have any problems with the number of f-words, though there aren't may battle scenes :-) Amazon.de has all Quaestor's current books listed as 1-3 week delivery now.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19922276.post-52005682722911986662009-02-24T20:26:00.000+00:002009-02-24T20:26:00.000+00:00Hm, a more battle scenes (yes, I'm shallow that wa...Hm, a more battle scenes (yes, I'm shallow that way, I want action in my books) and less f-words would be more to my taste, but it still sounds like something for the TBR pile.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com