I just got done watching Grand Hotel Budapest - what a treat! My friend Marcia recommended it and the cast is just stellar. It made me think of movies in favorite locations - I watched it mainly because I'm going to Budapest in 2015 but anything Marcia recommends I'm game for. So what are my favorite movies regarding Italy and/or Sicily? I'd have to say Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino are my top two favorites, with Mediterraneo running a close third. Love all of them. So who out there has movies shot in your favorite locations?
I know my friends, Barb and Mike, in Palm Desert, loved Midnight in Paris because they are such Francophiles. Not to mention well-read.
Anyone else?
Showing posts with label italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label italy. Show all posts
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Puglia anyone? Roman, Byzantine, Norman history up to Gallipoli
Apulia, or Puglia as the Italians call it, has something for everyone. If you're a historian, like I am, or just a plain history buff, Apulia has it all. From Roman to 20th century. Not to mention, fabulous food, seafood, pasta, fresh everything. The region is known for its wine and its olive oil and it's beautiful besides. Check this article out from USA Today
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-04-24-puglia-italy_N.htm
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2007-04-24-puglia-italy_N.htm
Monday, March 10, 2014
OK, yesterday I went on the radio - KRZA - and talked about our Vespers Trilogy, writing, e-publishing and researching a historical novel. It was a blast!
Next week my co-author and I will be at the Tucson Book Fair at the Sisters in Crime booth, selling our books so stop by and see us! I'll have some free biscotti for you ...
I'd like to know from readers out there just what books you're reading that are set in the Middle Ages. Give me a critique, a list, whatever. With my heart set in Italy, I usually pick up books from that region, but the overwhelming percentage, of course, are books set in England. I did love Philippa Gregory's Tudor series and I think she envisions new twists on well-known stories, which is not easy. Her characters are complex and she makes them interesting. We think we know these people from their well-publicized histories, but she was able to show us different facets of how she imagined they acted. However fictional they might be, they are always plausible and fascinating. Not an easy task.
Another author I was talking about with a friend was Sharon Kay Penman, whose Sunne in Splendor just blew me away. she again creates vivid and plausible characters and weaves in the time period seamlessly so that by the end of her novels, you feel you've been there.
So stop by and see us at the Tucson Book Fair - happy reading!!
Next week my co-author and I will be at the Tucson Book Fair at the Sisters in Crime booth, selling our books so stop by and see us! I'll have some free biscotti for you ...
I'd like to know from readers out there just what books you're reading that are set in the Middle Ages. Give me a critique, a list, whatever. With my heart set in Italy, I usually pick up books from that region, but the overwhelming percentage, of course, are books set in England. I did love Philippa Gregory's Tudor series and I think she envisions new twists on well-known stories, which is not easy. Her characters are complex and she makes them interesting. We think we know these people from their well-publicized histories, but she was able to show us different facets of how she imagined they acted. However fictional they might be, they are always plausible and fascinating. Not an easy task.
Another author I was talking about with a friend was Sharon Kay Penman, whose Sunne in Splendor just blew me away. she again creates vivid and plausible characters and weaves in the time period seamlessly so that by the end of her novels, you feel you've been there.
So stop by and see us at the Tucson Book Fair - happy reading!!
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