Comments for sarahdunant.com http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:49:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on The Borgias by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2011/04/the-borgias/comment-page-1/#comment-1852 Sarah Dunant Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:49:05 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=99#comment-1852 Ah Claire, how splendid to hear that. I am lucky indeed to have this little apartment. It is the perfect place to write as well as enjoy that amazing city. I hope C of C helps as much with Venice. It is hard to imagine that city, now overrun with tourists or empty and bleak, as a thriving commercial metropolis, which is what it was. Give me kindest regards to Jon. It a lifetime ago, but I remember it all very well with great fondness. I will look up his website. Though not at all sure I want to go that far back..... Ah Claire, how splendid to hear that. I am lucky indeed to have this little apartment. It is the perfect place to write as well as enjoy that amazing city.

I hope C of C helps as much with Venice. It is hard to imagine that city, now overrun with tourists or empty and bleak, as a thriving commercial metropolis, which is what it was.

Give me kindest regards to Jon. It a lifetime ago, but I remember it all very well with great fondness.

I will look up his website. Though not at all sure I want to go that far back…..

]]> Comment on The Borgias by Claire Cole http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2011/04/the-borgias/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Claire Cole Sun, 19 Jun 2011 08:24:34 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=99#comment-1851 Dear Sarah I have just returned from 2 weeks in Florence and whilst I was there I read 'The Birth of Venus. It was fascinating following your story whilst visiting the places that you mention..it added to the whole experience of being in Florence as the story of the painter and Alessandra unfolded. It was like having a parallel guidebook as I wanted to visit all the places menIioned in your book...what a fabulous city. I was most envious when I saw that you had bought an apartment near the Piazza Santa Croce. I wanted to let you know how much your book enhanced my experience of Florence..we are off to Venice later this year so will be taking 'In the Company of the Courtesan' for that trip. Look forward to your next book..sounds fascinating. Warm regards Claire Cole PS as a final comment..my husband Jon Cole was at University with you and you were both in the Footlights..on his website there is a link to some recordings of Footlights 1970 at the Roundhouse. His web address is http://www.themovies.org.uk/backstage/misc.htm Dear Sarah

I have just returned from 2 weeks in Florence and whilst I was there I read ‘The Birth of Venus. It was fascinating following your story whilst visiting the places that you mention..it added to the whole experience of being in Florence as the story of the painter and Alessandra unfolded. It was like having a parallel guidebook as I wanted to visit all the places menIioned in your book…what a fabulous city. I was most envious when I saw that you had bought an apartment near the Piazza Santa Croce. I wanted to let you know how much your book enhanced my experience of Florence..we are off to Venice later this year so will be taking ‘In the Company of the Courtesan’ for that trip.

Look forward to your next book..sounds fascinating.
Warm regards
Claire Cole

PS as a final comment..my husband Jon Cole was at University with you and you were both in the Footlights..on his website there is a link to some recordings of Footlights 1970 at the Roundhouse. His web address is http://www.themovies.org.uk/backstage/misc.htm

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]]> Comment on The Borgias by Denise Leotti http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2011/04/the-borgias/comment-page-1/#comment-1848 Denise Leotti Sun, 22 May 2011 17:15:59 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=99#comment-1848 Dear Sarah, It is with great anticipation that I wait the arrival of your new book. I do not consider myself an avid reader, however, once I started reading your previous books, I found that i was unable to put them down. Thank you. Denise Dear Sarah,

It is with great anticipation that I wait the arrival of your new book.
I do not consider myself an avid reader, however, once I started reading your previous books, I found that i was unable to put them down.
Thank you.

Denise

]]> Comment on The Borgias by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2011/04/the-borgias/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 Sarah Dunant Wed, 18 May 2011 16:55:57 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=99#comment-1847 Dear Hannah, Hello Hannah, Thank you this. Look - I am so sorry, but right at this moment because I am so deply into writing a new book that answering questions on an old book is really difficult. But if you sent me an E mail I will forward you a couple of articles I wrote which might answer your questions. I do hope you understand. v best wishes Sarah Dear Hannah,

Hello Hannah, Thank you this. Look – I am so sorry, but right at this moment because I am so deply into writing a new book that answering questions on an old book is really difficult. But if you sent me an E mail I will forward you a couple of articles I wrote which might answer your questions.

I do hope you understand.

v best wishes
Sarah

]]> Comment on The Borgias by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2011/04/the-borgias/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 Sarah Dunant Wed, 18 May 2011 16:53:28 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=99#comment-1846 thank you. 60,000 words in and firing on all cylinders. So much still to come...... thank you. 60,000 words in and firing on all cylinders. So much still to come……

]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 Sarah Dunant Wed, 18 May 2011 16:52:46 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1845 Hi Doreen. I remember meeting you very well, and thank you for those lovely kind words. It is amazing , isn't it, that even over so many centuries certain key facts have not changed. maybe it is to do with people, as much as God. Whatever the place and the system, human interactions remains the same. We are doing more performances this year in Manchester and again in Brighton. I hope to have them up on the site very soon. Hi Doreen. I remember meeting you very well, and thank you for those lovely kind words. It is amazing , isn’t it, that even over so many centuries certain key facts have not changed. maybe it is to do with people, as much as God. Whatever the place and the system, human interactions remains the same.

We are doing more performances this year in Manchester and again in Brighton. I hope to have them up on the site very soon.

]]> Comment on The Borgias by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2011/04/the-borgias/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 Sarah Dunant Wed, 18 May 2011 16:49:31 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=99#comment-1844 Hi Virginia, They are the most amazing family. Much maligned by history, though by no means angels. The more I learn the more excited I become. The mix of politics and personal history is irresistible! Hi Virginia, They are the most amazing family. Much maligned by history, though by no means angels. The more I learn the more excited I become. The mix of politics and personal history is irresistible!

]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Sarah Dunant http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 Sarah Dunant Wed, 18 May 2011 16:47:46 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1843 Thank you Debbie. I am deep into the next book, and rather punch drunk form working so hard, but it is great to find a new reader. I hope this new one, whne it finally emerges is worth the wait. Thank you Debbie. I am deep into the next book, and rather punch drunk form working so hard, but it is great to find a new reader. I hope this new one, whne it finally emerges is worth the wait.

]]> Comment on Back to the convent where it all started by Debby Nelson http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/2010/06/back-to-the-convent-where-it-all-started/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Debby Nelson Wed, 11 May 2011 22:05:32 +0000 http://www.sarahdunant.com/blog/?p=95#comment-1842 Sarah (may I call you Sarah?), I too am new to your work, but it has touched me in so many ways. I am also a 1950 baby, and I saw Sacred Hearts reviewed on NPR's website. I started with In the Company of the Courtesan because I visited Italy a couple of years ago, and I was looking forward to a Venetian setting. You didn't disappoint! Since I was a young reader, historical fiction has always been my favorite genre. Just as you have described in interviews, I have learned a great deal about history from such works. Example - while watching a rerun of The Tudors on BBCA, some of the action took place just as Rome was being sacked. I thought to myself, the Pope has fled to Orvieto, and Fiametta and Bucino have gone to Venice. Thanks for your wonderful works; I look forward to your take on the Borgias. Apologies for the stream of conscious writing, but I my enthusiasm woouldn't be contained ... Sarah (may I call you Sarah?), I too am new to your work, but it has touched me in so many ways. I am also a 1950 baby, and I saw Sacred Hearts reviewed on NPR’s website. I started with In the Company of the Courtesan because I visited Italy a couple of years ago, and I was looking forward to a Venetian setting. You didn’t disappoint! Since I was a young reader, historical fiction has always been my favorite genre. Just as you have described in interviews, I have learned a great deal about history from such works. Example – while watching a rerun of The Tudors on BBCA, some of the action took place just as Rome was being sacked. I thought to myself, the Pope has fled to Orvieto, and Fiametta and Bucino have gone to Venice. Thanks for your wonderful works; I look forward to your take on the Borgias. Apologies for the stream of conscious writing, but I my enthusiasm woouldn’t be contained …

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