tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post4102125260870406553..comments2024-03-25T22:43:21.934-07:00Comments on Justine Picardie: What lies beneathJustine Picardiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-13174380173342782482010-07-23T18:39:54.205-07:002010-07-23T18:39:54.205-07:00Wish we could all be there.Wish we could all be there.Knitting Out Loudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16782755995584475858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-21562152977176334562010-07-23T13:18:32.825-07:002010-07-23T13:18:32.825-07:00I love The King's General ... it's such po...I love The King's General ... it's such powerful stuff, and so evocative. I think D du M is one of the few authors whose entire body of work I love. The sainted Jane is another, of course, but Wilkie Collins is quickly becoming part of the elite.<br /><br />I hope the events at Port Eliot go well - I've got such happy memories of three years ago ....GlassCurlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006992143355408956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-57185858603462263752010-07-23T02:14:37.782-07:002010-07-23T02:14:37.782-07:00I'd love to come to Cape Town again! It's ...I'd love to come to Cape Town again! It's where my grandparents lived, and I remember the beautiful flowers there; camellias and all. Here's hoping (against hope) that the Chanel book will prompt an invitation from a literary festival or some such event in Cape Town. Enid, I'm leaving it up to you!Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-50234519227801960502010-07-22T23:10:41.250-07:002010-07-22T23:10:41.250-07:00Cape Town - Historic Vergelegen's collection o...Cape Town - Historic Vergelegen's collection of camellias has been recognised as an international "garden of excellence" by the International Camellia Society, the estate said on Thursday.<br /><br />With the addition of Vergelegen, there were only 17 such gardens in the world, and only two in the southern hemisphere.<br /><br />There were over a thousand camellias in Vergelegen's garden.<br /><br />The 300-year-old Anglo American-owned estate, in Somerset West, has 18 gardens covering 10ha.<br />So come and visit<br /><br />- SAPAenidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506741826683775428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-10686057894861847952010-07-22T12:07:59.062-07:002010-07-22T12:07:59.062-07:00Justine wrote: 'I'm starting by re-reading...Justine wrote: 'I'm starting by re-reading my introduction to Du Maurier's novel of Cornish history, The King's General, set in Menabilly in the 17th century during the Civil War...'<br /><br />Does the Battle of Lostwithiel feature? The one where the King allows the besieged and surrendering Parliamentary army to lay down their weapons and leave Fowey, only for them to starve to death on the march home?Stephen Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478876953799167344noreply@blogger.com