tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post7705604881379752177..comments2023-10-29T12:03:02.806-04:00Comments on Passages to the Past: non-fiction release on Sophia of HanoverPassages to the Pasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16357366263195042306noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-59947707576656454622009-09-18T11:03:56.521-04:002009-09-18T11:03:56.521-04:00What an intriguing woman. I will definitely have t...What an intriguing woman. I will definitely have to get this one.Christy Englishhttp://www.christyenglish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-10459941662540130802009-09-17T16:33:22.136-04:002009-09-17T16:33:22.136-04:00Interestingly enough, Lucy, Sophia was portrayed f...Interestingly enough, Lucy, Sophia was portrayed far more sympathetically in "Queen in Waiting," where she is a friend and mentor to Caroline of Ansbach (wife of the future George II).Felicia J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09724251348367300382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-18208075736710127062009-09-17T16:23:43.068-04:002009-09-17T16:23:43.068-04:00I put this book on my wish list. I don't know ...I put this book on my wish list. I don't know much about Sophia, and haven't really read a book she's been featured in, but the synopsis you posted really intrigued me. Thanks!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-4498214515115315452009-09-17T14:45:03.426-04:002009-09-17T14:45:03.426-04:00Now there was a formidable woman, and yes, Lucy, n...Now <i>there</i> was a formidable woman, and yes, Lucy, not very likeable. I've always wondered how other historical fiction authors can take an unpalatable person and make them the center of their novel. I wouldn't want to live with them for the 2 years (at least) that it takes to write the book.<br /><br />Nonfiction is different though. Readers want to see the warts. I read a bit about the formidable Sophia while I was researching George I for NOTORIOUS ROYAL MARRIAGES. She didn't even like her own firstborn son, referring to George as "the most pigheaded, stubborn boy who ever lived, and who has round his brains such a thick crust that I defy any man or woman ever to discover what is in them."<br /><br />Can you imagine having <i>that</i> for a mother?Leslie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024567064317102889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-66136714826814774122009-09-17T13:14:01.281-04:002009-09-17T13:14:01.281-04:00I'd be really curious to find out more about h...I'd be really curious to find out more about her...I really didn't like her in Plaidy's Princess of Celle; she seemed so calculating and spiteful. So it would be interesting to read a different perspective. Thanks:)Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-89857939133487648992009-09-17T12:48:40.391-04:002009-09-17T12:48:40.391-04:00This should be a good one. I read a biography of ...This should be a good one. I read a biography of Sophia in college (the one by Maria Kroll) and was fascinated by her story. If she had lived a couple months longer, she would have succeeded to the British throne.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5552020989914140175.post-54760806116745749562009-09-17T12:27:36.476-04:002009-09-17T12:27:36.476-04:00I have been reading Jean Plaidy's Georgian Sag...I have been reading Jean Plaidy's Georgian Saga. Sophia was a major character in "The Princess of Celle" and "Queen in Waiting." Plaidy hinted Sophia was an intellectual, but I had no idea she wrote so much! I will definitely want to read this.Felicia J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09724251348367300382noreply@blogger.com