What I’m reading
As you can read in the newsletter, I’ll now be blogging about all sorts but I won’t be neglecting the topics of writing and reading! I’m in the middle of the first Hilary Mantel I’ve read – Wolf Hall. I’m impressed by her writing and her ability to integrate lively historical detail in a way that the impatient-with-detail (moi) can cope with. I find it moving and entertaining. It deals with Thomas Cromwell’s relationship with Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII. At one point Cromwell is returning from 12th night junketings and meets up with some friends of his son:
‘As they near home a boy dressed as an orange rolls past, with his friend, a lemon. ‘Gregory Cromwell’ they call out, and to him as senior they courteously raise, in lieu of hats, an upper slice of rind.’
I’d love to know if that is pure invention or an anecdote gleaned from a contemporary diary. Even if so, how deftly put!
The novel is placed out of sight as is the telly in an attempt to get through today’s to-do list. Andy Murray, Wolf Hall or work…hmm
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Responses to “What I’m reading”
Leave a Reply
Stay up to date with the WORDS in ACTION website by subscribing to our RSS Feed. Alternatively, you can have updates sent directly to your email address.
Latest News RSS Feed
Sounds like something I’d like to read! More considered/able writing than the ‘Shardlake’ series about the same period?
Shardlake was mentioned to me in a phone call only a few hours ago! (Wooo) And Roger Clements? Neither familiar to me.
Admin is me at the moment – still learning from the webmaster what buttons to press! Alison
I too love H Mantel, and yes, her use of language is delightful. Don’t know nuffink about Shardlake or Richard Clements, thoug the latter rings a bell (a faint one).
Is Webmaster the strict kind?