[Scriptoris] Re: Sorta OT: Movie - Girl with a Pearl Earring (Brent Ryder)
Maura Folsom
jauncourt at verizon.net
Tue Sep 14 11:26:15 PDT 2004
Not a film, but a VeryGood Fantasy novel: "When the King Comes Home" by
by Caroline Stevermer. It's set in an imaginary but richly written
European country (they have treaties with Vienna and fought the Turks),
in what feels like the late 16th through the late 17th c. The main
character is an artist's apprentice and it's written as a memoir, so we
hear much of her studies and duties in the part of the book that covers
her early life (before the 'adventure' alluded to in the title, with all
the attendant sorcery and battles, begins).
It's short and slim, and I recommend it for anyone who has a few hours
to fill. Also good for reading to children, or handing to teenagers who
read.
Marguerie (who is here for learning purposes)
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