Comments on: Battle Royal http://radioclare.com/2008/06/battle-royal/ Stories & Musings From A Duck Enthusiast Whose Life Is Stranger Than Fiction Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Melissa http://radioclare.com/2008/06/battle-royal/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Melissa Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:22:50 +0000 http://radioclare.com/?p=216#comment-313 I too have found it difficult to find a good historical NF that keeps my attention. Try reading <a href="http://www.yuantsungchen.com/" rel="nofollow">Yuan-tsung Chen's</a> book called "Return to Middle Kingdom". A remarkable story of adventure, political intrigue and family life as a hundred and fifty years of history sweep through China. I loved it and highly recommend it. I too have found it difficult to find a good historical NF that keeps my attention. Try reading Yuan-tsung Chen’s book called “Return to Middle Kingdom”. A remarkable story of adventure, political intrigue and family life as a hundred and fifty years of history sweep through China. I loved it and highly recommend it.

]]> By: Radio http://radioclare.com/2008/06/battle-royal/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Radio Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:32:09 +0000 http://radioclare.com/?p=216#comment-311 Remind me that I need to give you the book back next time I see you; I noticed when I reread your review yesterday that you liked it so much you wanted to read it again :shocked: I didn't find the Duke of York/Windsor thing too confusing, although I confess that whenever anyone says "Duke of York" I start singing the nursery rhyme in my head :) Remind me that I need to give you the book back next time I see you; I noticed when I reread your review yesterday that you liked it so much you wanted to read it again :shocked:

I didn’t find the Duke of York/Windsor thing too confusing, although I confess that whenever anyone says “Duke of York” I start singing the nursery rhyme in my head :)

]]> By: Babel http://radioclare.com/2008/06/battle-royal/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Babel Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:49:19 +0000 http://radioclare.com/?p=216#comment-309 <blockquote>It requires more concentration, however, not to confuse the George he is about to become with either the George his father has been or the George his brother currently is.</blockquote> Ah, I will agree with you on that one. I found it required me to momentarily pause and think "Which jabroni George is this one?" a few times. I also came a cropper when she would switch to using their titles, such as Duke of York, but I attribute the blame on that to myself for not having familiarity before reading the story (in which these titles were attributed earlier anyway). Had it been set in contemporary times, I'd have been fine as the author switched from "Edward" to "Earl of Wessex" and so on through familiarity, and it's not her fault that I was ignorant of the titles of his forebears, such that even telling me once didn't enable it all to sink in :)

It requires more concentration, however, not to confuse the George he is about to become with either the George his father has been or the George his brother currently is.

Ah, I will agree with you on that one. I found it required me to momentarily pause and think “Which jabroni George is this one?” a few times.

I also came a cropper when she would switch to using their titles, such as Duke of York, but I attribute the blame on that to myself for not having familiarity before reading the story (in which these titles were attributed earlier anyway). Had it been set in contemporary times, I’d have been fine as the author switched from “Edward” to “Earl of Wessex” and so on through familiarity, and it’s not her fault that I was ignorant of the titles of his forebears, such that even telling me once didn’t enable it all to sink in :)

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