I agree, Ian, that it is good that the BBC are making this a ten part dramatisation, butas they advertised it repeatedly as "Based on the novels (Plural) of Philippa Gregory" I wonder how long they will spend on this particular book. In fairness to the BBC, though, part 1 was taken at a fairly leisurely pace so there's hope for them yet. Do you really think it might point the way for radio drama? Thatt can only be a good thing.
Trish.----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:42 PM Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: "The White Queen"I half watched the TV show through a mild alcoholic haze following Father's day celebrations. The really interesting thing for me is to see the BBC once more making a massive commitment to sunday night drama with a ten part series. Only five years ago this would have been done as two ninety minuters shown on consecutive evenings. Maybe it bodes well for radio drama too. My main complaint is that this is a story which has been told so many times in fictional accounts and it's very difficult to get a fresh take on it. Maybe I should read the book. I have read her account of Catherine of Aragon which I found interesting in its sympathetic portrayal and its evocation of how alienated she must have felt coming to Britain to marry Arthur. BTW, I'm still missing some mails from the list as I definitely didn't get Trish's one which originated this thread.
On 18 Jun 2013, at 18:27, Steven Bingham wrote:
Hi Pele, TrishI read the White Queen about a year ago and have been waiting for the othersin the series to turn up. I felt that while the books stuck to the known facts other areas where rather fanciful. Having said that as far as I know we don't really know that much about her. I knew of the supposed descent from the river goddess but felt that it was rather overplayed. As for how she met and wooed Edward well! Not very likely.However, I did enjoy the book and can happily live with a bit of fancy and abit of magic.I did think she did Richard III very well. It is hard to get to the truth of him. Mainly because the Tudors one and could say what they liked and nobodytakes any notice of what the loosers have to say. Her solution of theprinces in the tower was also good. Again nobody knows the truth about thatand I loved the curses which came true and still tell us nothing. Steve -----Original Message-----From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pele West Sent: 18 June 2013 16:07 To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ebooktalk] "The White Queen" Hi Trish I will be interested to know what you think of "The White Queen" as I recently read it. I found it the least good of all the Philippa Gregory historical novels Ihave read, but part of the problem was that I did not quite believe PhilippaGregory's portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville. Pele -- Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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