Comments on: A new biography of Madame de Maintenon, by Veronica Buckley http://blog.catherinedelors.com/a-new-biography-of-madame-de-maintenon-by-veronica-buckley/ by historical novelist Catherine Delors, author of For the King Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Ammie Trites http://blog.catherinedelors.com/a-new-biography-of-madame-de-maintenon-by-veronica-buckley/#comment-6327 Ammie Trites Mon, 03 May 2010 08:22:24 +0000 http://catherinedelors.com/blog/a-new-biography-of-madame-de-maintenon-by-veronica-buckley/#comment-6327 I'm definitely seeking for this facts. Finally, I determined it and with thanks to you. I’m definitely seeking for this facts. Finally, I determined it and with thanks to you.

]]> By: Catherine Delors http://blog.catherinedelors.com/a-new-biography-of-madame-de-maintenon-by-veronica-buckley/#comment-472 Catherine Delors Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:02:03 +0000 http://catherinedelors.com/blog/a-new-biography-of-madame-de-maintenon-by-veronica-buckley/#comment-472 Quite so, Suzanne. We have seen the problem with various biographies of Marie-Antoinette. The problem here was not that the author was not scrupulous, but it seems that she was not familiar enough with the context to distinguish between an authentic document and a modern work of fiction.<br /><br />Oddly enough the most meticulously researched book about Madame de Maintenon may be a work of historical fiction, Françoise Chandernagor's magnificent <i>L'Allée du Roi</i> (<i>The King's Way.</i>)<br /> Quite so, Suzanne. We have seen the problem with various biographies of Marie-Antoinette. The problem here was not that the author was not scrupulous, but it seems that she was not familiar enough with the context to distinguish between an authentic document and a modern work of fiction.

Oddly enough the most meticulously researched book about Madame de Maintenon may be a work of historical fiction, Françoise Chandernagor’s magnificent L’Allée du Roi (The King’s Way.)

]]> By: Suzanne http://blog.catherinedelors.com/a-new-biography-of-madame-de-maintenon-by-veronica-buckley/#comment-471 Suzanne Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:42:44 +0000 http://catherinedelors.com/blog/a-new-biography-of-madame-de-maintenon-by-veronica-buckley/#comment-471 It's a travesty that the main criterion in history and biography (even, or perhaps especially, popular history and biography) seems to be, "is it entertaining?" rather than "is it factual?" or "is the author scrupulous about his or her sources?" It’s a travesty that the main criterion in history and biography (even, or perhaps especially, popular history and biography) seems to be, “is it entertaining?” rather than “is it factual?” or “is the author scrupulous about his or her sources?”

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