Hello all, Would anyone have a new e-mail address for Felicity Logan? I need to communicate with her connection with a writer who submitted a short story for...
Does anyone have a suggestion for a publicist for the novel, "SILVER-- My Own Tale As Told By Me With A Goodly Amount OF Murder"? It takes place in the 1700's...
Ičd recommend talking to MJ Rose. You can contact her through her blog, Buzz, Balls, and Hype (just google it and youčll find it). Shečs very astute and has...
I highly recommend my publicist: P.J. Nunn of BreakThrough Promotions, www.breakthroughpromotions.com, BTPromo1@.... She creates custom packages to respond...
I've been reading the House of Niccolo series by Dorothy Dunnett. I listen to them on "talking books" as I cannot read print. That means I miss out on the...
I keep reading about "maize" in the House of Niccolo books by Dorothy Dunnett... are they talking about what Americans call corn? Was it not a New World...
What year are the books set in? As far as I know, maize is new world "corn". Jeri ... -- "VEIL OF LIES; A Crispin Guest Medieval Noir" (St. Martin's Minotaur,...
It didn't hit Europe until the late 15th/early 16th century - any earlier than European footfall on the Americas is certainly anachronistic ... Dorothy ... it...
Not sure if it is germain, but in my copy of "The Gallic War" by Julius Caeser, grain is regularly translated from Latin to "corn". This threw me off at first...
... Don't most Europeans and Great Britain refer to any grain as "corn"? Maize being the distinction from those other grains and what Americans call "corn". ...
... Maize is also a European name for corn, and it's in that context that she uses it. It's doubtful that someone who researched her work as diligently as...
We invite members of the Historical Novel Society to send a list of their top ten historical novels set between 500 and 1600 AD anywhere in the world for...
Jeri: Yes. Most European languages will call any grain "corn". The American variety is sometimes called "Indian corn", and in Britain they make a distinction...
... more research tells you how deeply she worked.< Yes, but then it comes down to not using terms that confuse readers even though they may be historically...
... I don't think there's any danger of Dunnett confusing her readers by using the wrong terminology! They have too many other things to worry about! And no...
... Absolutely Lynne. Dunnett is in a league of her own - agree all the way. She wrote for a UK audience too, who would know exactly what she meant. I've been...
SOmething out of DIctionary: corn1 noun [MASS NOUN] 1 Brit. the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats. the grain...
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Given the wide range of years, I nominate: - High Middle Ages: "The Paladin", by George Shipway - Sixteenth century: "The Man on a Donkey", by Hilda Prescott ...
Webster's gives the source of "maize" as Taino "mahiz," and gives its first appearance in print as 1555. The Tainos were strictly New Worlders, living in the...
I wonder if this has happened re Dunnett: UK edition - Dunnett says corn - because that's another name for wheat or cereal crops over here. USA edition - gets...
Someone was looking for a publicist the other day. If you're in Canada, and as long as you don't mind someone working remotely, I highly recommend Adam...
Lynne, That was what puzzled me given that it was Dunnett. I had pretty much come to the conclusion that what you said was a case.. some African grain that...
... Webster's is an American dictionary and not one of Dunnett's sources. We do have an inventory of her reference books, and most of them can still be traced...
Susan: I believe what we call corn(botanical taxon Zea mays), is called "sweetcorn" or "maize"(depending on what it's used for) on your side of the Pond....
Regarding M J Rose and her publicity service. I'm wondering if you've used her service, Susanne, or if you know anyone who has? Has anyone here used it? At...
I got this from Simon Hedges, who remembered the maize reference immediately, and gave me permission to quote this: "It is claimed that some of the carvings in...
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