tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post115535448014435878..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: Those Wacky, Witchy, PlantagenetsSusan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1155557759478413082006-08-14T08:15:00.000-04:002006-08-14T08:15:00.000-04:00I'm guessing that she made Lionel's character up c...I'm guessing that she made Lionel's character up completely!Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1155520548351664642006-08-13T21:55:00.000-04:002006-08-13T21:55:00.000-04:00Carla, I don't know of any evidence personally, bu...Carla, I don't know of any evidence personally, but it's not anything I've researched more than superficially. The Gaveston play sounds as if it would have been interesting, though!<BR/><BR/>Sarah, I'd love to know where Peters got her idea about Lionel from. I found a 1912 article today about his last months that goes into the details of his second wedding--nothing there or anyplace else I've read suggests that he was not of normal intelligence.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1155403731369861162006-08-12T13:28:00.000-04:002006-08-12T13:28:00.000-04:00Many of Peters's books have been like that for me ...Many of Peters's books have been like that for me - interesting Old Religion/supernatural content (which I don't really buy into), but strangely likable and very readable. <BR/><BR/>That is a very odd portrayal of Lionel of Clarence.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-1155392033870317672006-08-12T10:13:00.000-04:002006-08-12T10:13:00.000-04:00The Old Religion in elite society in medieval Engl...The Old Religion in elite society in medieval England always makes me go Hmmm, or even Yeah, right. Is there any evidence for it at all, do you know? It can be very effective in the right hands; I remember hearing a radio play that portrayed Piers Gaveston as the Substitute Sacrifice and had Robin Hood aka the Green Man do the deed. I have forgotten the title, author, etc, but that scene's stayed with me for over a decade.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.com