tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post6940261910731368114..comments2024-01-06T11:19:53.852+00:00Comments on Kate Walker: Great Big Blog Party 13 - Michelle StylesKate Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17277223651288830541noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-48075671026778671072007-06-17T21:24:00.000+01:002007-06-17T21:24:00.000+01:00Heck, I might be a life-long American, but I'm als...Heck, I might be a life-long American, but I'm also practically a life-long England fan! :) Have London, will read, basically. ;)<BR/><BR/>LoisLoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105054210049682018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-51719517759103436482007-06-17T21:10:00.000+01:002007-06-17T21:10:00.000+01:00Historicals that hold me forever and keep me spell...Historicals that hold me forever and keep me spellbound are set during the time period between the world wars and during both wars, especially those in England and the colonies, such as Canada.dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426240950511114237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-43151802773987055672007-06-17T21:06:00.000+01:002007-06-17T21:06:00.000+01:00I enjoy historicals set in Liverpool and throughou...I enjoy historicals set in Liverpool and throughout England pre and during World War 2. I become engrossed with these novels and have always appreciated them.sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10462438864869639183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-81342523274338571142007-06-17T17:58:00.000+01:002007-06-17T17:58:00.000+01:00I love historical romances. It would have to be in...I love historical romances. It would have to be in Scotland around the 1800's. I also love reading books with the same historical sense in the paranormal novels. Thers just something about that time era and the scottish men and country that I love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-8341089665649692742007-06-17T15:58:00.000+01:002007-06-17T15:58:00.000+01:00Finland, in the 19th century when the country had ...Finland, in the 19th century when the country had become a part of Russia.Minnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150644876765079753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-20741792273688197792007-06-17T12:39:00.000+01:002007-06-17T12:39:00.000+01:00Oh howe lovely. I did have this moment -- thinking...Oh howe lovely. I did have this moment -- thinking no one will comment!<BR/><BR/>India --Edwardian England would be great but I would first have to get approved by editors. At the moment, As I begged v nicely I am getting to do the North East in the 1820s. I have just finished the first draft of my Victorian (cue lots of hoorays ) and am now editting.<BR/><BR/>The great thing about people in differnet time periods is that although cultures change, basic human emotion stays the same.<BR/><BR/>KateW says that I have until monday before I get to draw a winner, so please your comments coming.I find it all fascinating.Michelle Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-20103994383164157512007-06-17T11:44:00.000+01:002007-06-17T11:44:00.000+01:00Coming in late also (blame deadline) - one of my f...Coming in late also (blame deadline) - one of my fave of all times is set in Restoration England (Diana Norman's 'The Vizard Mask'), and I'd love to read more set in that period.<BR/><BR/>My big love is the 1870s. Gladstone, Disraeli and the pre-Raphaelites. (Especially as they were in love with my other favourite period - medieval.)<BR/><BR/>And there are certain large houses in Northumbria with amazing history which need novels writen about them (hint, hint).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-60635816554881521122007-06-17T09:33:00.000+01:002007-06-17T09:33:00.000+01:00I'm coming in a bit late here, Michelle, but all t...I'm coming in a bit late here, Michelle, but all the comments are so interesting I couldn't resist adding my own. I have a fascination for Edwardian England, and one of my favourite books of all time is The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate, which describes the events (as the title suggests!) on a weekend shooting party in a big house in October 1913. <BR/><BR/>In the final pages of the book the narrator says 'By the time the next season came around a bigger shooting party had begun, in Flanders...' I think what makes it such a fascinating time to read/write about is the fact that all that decadence and glamour was so doomed, and that as readers we are all too aware of the tragedy on the horizon. It lends everything a special poignance.<BR/><BR/>(Can you tell I'm trying to sell it to you Michelle... An Edwardian book please...?!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072783485818273641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-12221482386479681352007-06-17T04:11:00.000+01:002007-06-17T04:11:00.000+01:00HI Michelle and welcome,I love the WWI and WWII pe...HI Michelle and welcome,<BR/><BR/>I love the WWI and WWII period also. The setting of Canada(where I'm from) would be most fascinating.robynlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250071917966470701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-43288202802196270452007-06-17T04:01:00.000+01:002007-06-17T04:01:00.000+01:00My favorite period is so much more recent it's eve...My favorite period is so much more recent it's even controversial as to whether or not it's actually historical.<BR/><BR/>I love world war 2. LOVE IT. Someday, someday I am going to write a story, and I'm not sure if it's going to be historical or if it's going to be "epic", the past with the present...but a friend of my mom's met her husband, and if I have this right, he went to training, and before he shipped out she hopped on a train, travelled half-way across Canada and married him before he went overseas. When he came back they had decades of happy marriage.<BR/><BR/>My imagination goes wild with that scenario.<BR/><BR/>Michelle don't stick my name in the hat, but I had to come post anyway.Donna Alwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107885864783850332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-5517081296453360272007-06-17T01:29:00.000+01:002007-06-17T01:29:00.000+01:00I used to read many more historicals than I curren...I used to read many more historicals than I currently do. My favorite period then was Regency England.<BR/><BR/>Lately however, I've been leaning towards those that are set in Scotland. There's something about the Scotish hero, his plait, etc... that draws me. I also find that they are more "moral" than the lords from England. Could just be the author's potrayal. LOLlidiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465764786056030423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-71166620790160524472007-06-16T22:53:00.000+01:002007-06-16T22:53:00.000+01:00I enjoy reading historical romances. I especially...I enjoy reading historical romances. I especially love regencies, roman era romances, and viking romances.Cherie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16767627787231269781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-60041776883443160592007-06-16T21:37:00.000+01:002007-06-16T21:37:00.000+01:00My favorite of all historical settings and period ...My favorite of all historical settings and period would have to be pre-industrial England. The beauty, bucolic surroundings and the lifestyle is superb.pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847425126073061949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-13819085366173487162007-06-16T21:27:00.001+01:002007-06-16T21:27:00.001+01:00I become immersed in a novel that captures a perio...I become immersed in a novel that captures a period that I find fascinating. I enjoy British books that are set during the Depression. They can be set in Scotland or England and I find them irresistible.elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900291721077025585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-42112502161997417062007-06-16T21:27:00.000+01:002007-06-16T21:27:00.000+01:00Michelle! *cries the fellow blogger from Unusual H...Michelle! *cries the fellow blogger from Unusual Historicals with delight*<BR/><BR/>I love researching and writing about Regency Britain -- one of my most favourite research topics was certainly the Holland House circle: a whole load of people behaving in the most eccentric fashion. Wonderful!<BR/><BR/>But I've also got this paranormal/historical set in 1860s France slumbering inside me. It's definitely waiting to break free. And now that I've got a 19th-century Baedeker's travel guide on Pari, even more so than before. :)Sandra Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496019392789508611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-30229313860807375392007-06-16T21:13:00.000+01:002007-06-16T21:13:00.000+01:00I adore historicals but the period and locale that...I adore historicals but the period and locale that is utterly captivating is Renaissance Italy.annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181892057830237548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-13601266037790423912007-06-16T21:04:00.000+01:002007-06-16T21:04:00.000+01:00I love reading books from the Civil war times. I d...I love reading books from the Civil war times. I don't know why I guess it is because of where I live. Some of the civil was took place near where I live and I love reading about it. If I was going to write a book I would reserch the civil war and write a good romance novel, kind of like Gone With The Wind.Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924888528166831610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-90541554398545090312007-06-16T20:57:00.000+01:002007-06-16T20:57:00.000+01:00Hi, Michelle! I read, reviewed and loved by The An...Hi, Michelle! I read, reviewed and loved by The Antonakos Marriage and Sold and Seduced, but if I could write a book in a historical era, it would be the Tudor/Elizabethan era. I just find that time period so utterly fascinating and wish that there were more books being written and published set during that time.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Juliejuliemthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179180317016320936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-87922931547458419912007-06-16T20:50:00.000+01:002007-06-16T20:50:00.000+01:00Well I don't read as many historical novels as I d...Well I don't read as many historical novels as I do paranormal etc. but when I do I love reading about either the Vikings or regency britian. <BR/><BR/>If I could have a choice of setting however I would pick ancient Greece and the time when people believed the gods walked among them. <BR/><BR/>Why haven't I found any like that yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055731.post-47251413976159148342007-06-16T19:07:00.000+01:002007-06-16T19:07:00.000+01:00Actually Kate has got the prize slightly wrong -- ...Actually Kate has got the prize slightly wrong -- it is a singed copy of S&S plus a signed copy of her bok --The ANtonakos Marriage. I still have a couple.<BR/><BR/>TheANtonakos Marriage gave me the seed for S&S and by reading the two, you cansort of see how two writers apprach things.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully someone will want to read them.<BR/><BR/>So go ahead, answer the question!!!Michelle Styleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400990189443593076noreply@blogger.com