Pull of the Yew Tree
May 11th was another slow medieval news day. So it seems a good time to call your attention to a new novel that ought to appeal to my fellow Ricardians. I have not had a chance to read it yet; pleasure reading is as elusive as the unicorn around the Penman household these days. But it sounds intriguing. The title is Pull of the Yew Tree, written by Australian author, Pauline Toohey. It is set in 15th century Ireland, and is based upon a powerful Irish family, the Fitzgeralds of Kildare. As an added bonus, Richard III, then Duke of Gloucester, makes a cameo appearance during the battle of Barnet. Pauline says that it is available in paperback worldwide, and it will soon be available in the e-book format, too. And I am not jealous at all that you guys get to read about medieval Ireland while I’m still bogged down doing research on the ghastly symptoms of gangrene.
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Pull of the Yew Tree is now available as an e-book, too. Here is the link. http://www.amazon.com/Pull-Tree-Chron...
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Urgh, lovely. Research on gangrene! I'm so glad I'm a poet - I resolve never to write verse about gangrene! I am thoroughly enjoying your blogs though. I can learn little bites of history in a most enjoyable way.
A very good resolution, Loretta. Not too many words rhyme with gangrene. Not that rhyming is an essential element of poetry, but as a subject, it does not lend itself to a lyrical treatment!
Haha! All I can say isA verse devoted to gangrene
Is something that should not be seen
I'd rather write of gladsome things,
Of light and joy
And gossamer wings
And no - that isn't my usual style, but I simply couldn't resist.
Just couldn't help myself. Resolve broken, but that is all I shall say on the subject of gangrene. Lol!
Wow, Loretta, that is wonderful! I love this. Would you be okay with it if I posted this on my Facebook page, giving you full credit as the poet, of course?
Sure, you're most welcome. I just changed it slightly while you were posting that haha, so post whichever version you prefer. I feel very honoured. Post me a link to your Facebook page and I'll come and like it. Thank you, I'm very chuffed. (That's UK speak for very honoured, or happy, or whatever - it's flexible)PS I just found your Facebook group and sent you a request to join. See you there x
Thanks, Loretta. I only see the one version of the poem, so that is the one I'll post now. My readers know I've been doing all this gruesome gangrene research, so they'll be very interested in this. And I'll post the link for you, too.
I just posted it on my four Facebook pages, Loretta. Here is the link. https://www.facebook.com/sharonkay.pe...I haven't seen your Friend request yet; did you go to my personal page or one of my fan club pages? "Fan" is a word of their choosing, not mine. I feel strongly that rock stars have fans. Writers have readers!
LOL Sharon - didn't you know that as an author - you ROCK! So it's okay to have fans and readers!!! :)
You guessed right, Sharon, I did go to the wrong page. I've pulled that request now and sent a new one to the link you gave me. :-)
I am going to guess that my Facebook friends will like it as much as I did, Loretta. You could probably win money betting people that you could write a lyrical poem about gangrene. They'd be like me, sure it could not be done.
Haha, I like a challenge. The biggest one I ever took was when an athlete on twitter posted a story about the British athlete Mo Farah who held a dinner party only to have his sink explode half way through the evening. She said you couldn't write about it, so I took the bet! I won! I have to be in the right frame of mind though. I can't always come up trumps. But it's fun to try.
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