tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post6482367295255038332..comments2024-03-01T03:58:21.808-05:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Tuchman joins Parkman and AdamsMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-68126759798039824092012-03-08T16:13:28.275-05:002012-03-08T16:13:28.275-05:00That was James Brush, who blogs at www.coyotemercu...That was James Brush, who blogs at <a rel="nofollow">www.coyotemercury.com</a>, and I thought I recognized that name--he has had a lot of poems in Dave Bonta and Beth Adams's <i>qarrtsiluni</i>Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-27276145691759876982012-03-08T13:51:37.823-05:002012-03-08T13:51:37.823-05:00Dale, I did like a lot of things about "A Dis...Dale, I did like a lot of things about "A Distant Mirror," but can't say I remember it well enough now to agree or disagree! Isn't that wretched? I mean, I read it twice! But I definitely need to try those two--they are the LA books.<br /><br />I just ordered Nicholas Orme's "Medieval Children."<br /><br />Shall have to bug you some time to tell what history books Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-82200326497508368712012-03-08T11:57:02.191-05:002012-03-08T11:57:02.191-05:00I loved the Guns of August and -- what was it call...I loved the Guns of August and -- what was it called? the Proud Tower? -- but I felt that her historical imagination failed her in A Distant Mirror. Her Sieur de Coucy feels to me like an 18th Century gentleman, not like a medieval lord, no matter how meticulous the research: she had a bit of a tin ear for religious life & experience, and that's fatal if you're trying to get the feel Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39037922870826556382012-03-08T11:31:51.849-05:002012-03-08T11:31:51.849-05:00Lovely when the two things combine.
Elsewhere, se...Lovely when the two things combine.<br /><br />Elsewhere, sent you some suggestions about publishers.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62360155050777900822012-03-08T11:17:44.565-05:002012-03-08T11:17:44.565-05:00Yes, she is a great storyteller, and all the more ...Yes, she is a great storyteller, and all the more fascinating because she is also a terrific and meticulous scholar.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com