Comments on: Innocent Traitor

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:32:47 +0000

It the 80s! This is even before they were awesome in the first place, so definitely before the Ella Enchanted/Tim Burton fiascoes. :)

(Sidebar: Cary Elwes was an an EXCELLENT episode of “Psych” recently. He was great!)

By: KT

KT — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:13:17 +0000

Yeah we do! When was this movie made? Before they both went nutty? :P

By: Corey

Corey — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:12:27 +0000

Okay, apparently there is a movie about Lady Jane Grey with our buddy Cary Elwes and Helena Bonham-Carter in her first movie role. Um, I think we need to see this to live fulfilled lives!

By: KT

KT — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:14:26 +0000

Ah ha! Yes, your last paragraph is basically what I meant, though you were more articulate. For someone like me who would like a primer on the period, her works seem like they’d be really interesting, but for a serious scholar, they would in fact be ‘fluffy.’

And Jane Grey rocks :D I didn’t realize that she was actually a princess in line to the throne and not just some random chick! Shows how much I need a Weir-style primer, I suppose….

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:17:33 +0000

Can I just say that I love Lady Jane Grey? She seems like such an interesting woman who was forced into a bad situation and ultimately sacrificed through no fault of her own. Anyway, I think she’s great and I would be first in line to read a novel about her life!

And, in terms of me calling her “fluffy,” I qualify my statement to say that Alison Weir is a good writer, but not a great historian. Her nonfiction books regurgitate history in readable broad strokes rather than present any new arguments. They are great for what they are, actually, but they aren’t remotely academic.