tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post6416995688197380285..comments2024-02-02T06:07:56.982+00:00Comments on LIVING THE HISTORY: INVENTING ELEANOR By Michael R. Evans: My thoughts.Elizabeth Chadwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-84946296034371747222015-02-08T22:42:20.835+00:002015-02-08T22:42:20.835+00:00Elizabeth, I am excited to hear about the History ...Elizabeth, I am excited to hear about the History Today review! (And yes, it's OK to call me Mike)Mikeinexilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00703562844912550543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-88282309958098701872015-01-31T18:32:31.265+00:002015-01-31T18:32:31.265+00:00Thank you Amy and Thank you Professor Evans. I ag...Thank you Amy and Thank you Professor Evans. I agree with you Amy. It really is a work that requires wide distribution and to be read alongside other works on Eleanor to put the brakes on the fantasies.<br />Mike - assume it's okay to call you that looking at your blogger name - I was asked to review the title for History Today and it'll be out in the next issue of the magazine - similar review to this one but very pared down because of column space. Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-42550896828615515222015-01-30T20:23:36.138+00:002015-01-30T20:23:36.138+00:00Thank you, Elizabeth, for your kind words about my...Thank you, Elizabeth, for your kind words about my book! <br />Kasia - that's a good point that you raise. Henry the Younger was crowned and anointed, so was a fully-fledged king at least in name. In addition, Elanor was mother of two queens!Mikeinexilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00703562844912550543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-13596042981041905672015-01-30T20:15:50.223+00:002015-01-30T20:15:50.223+00:00Note: Bloomsbury Academic is a UK based publisher....Note: Bloomsbury Academic is a UK based publisher. As a result, the international exchange rate doubles the US purchase price. While I am sure Dr. Evans would prefer people to _buy_ the book, the more people who encourage their universities libraries purchase a copy, the sooner this book will come out in an affordable paperback edition.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627178213950196144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24348391.post-51926419153540622592014-10-07T06:33:29.868+00:002014-10-07T06:33:29.868+00:00Congratulations, Elizabeth! I am happy that you an...Congratulations, Elizabeth! I am happy that you and Ms Penman got well-deserved mention.<br /><br />What caught my attention is the text from the back of the book. I would be overjoyed if, by "mother of two Kings" the author meant Henry the Young King and Richard, not Richard and John. The quote from Richard of Devizes comes to mind: <br /><br />Queen Eleanor, an incomparable woman, beautiful yet virtuous, powerful yet gentle, humble yet keen-witted, qualities which are most rarely found in a woman, who had lived long enough to have had two kings as husbands and two kings as sons, still tireless in all labours, at whose ability her age might marvel, brought with her the daughter of the king of the<br />Navarrese<br /><br />I love this quote. By the two kings as sons the chronicler meant not Richard I and John, as one may assume- they are still the two most famous and best remembered of Eleanor’s sons- but Henry the Young King and Richard I. Eleanor brought Berengaria in 1191 (so eight years before John became king) and Richard of Devizes completed his Chronicle in 1192.<br /><br />Warmest regards,<br /><br />KasiaKatarzyna Ogrodnik-Fujcikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415905019122111675noreply@blogger.com