tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post116337205876972971..comments2023-10-28T05:19:39.788-05:00Comments on Spark of Madness: A Quiet Evening of TV and...pilgrimchickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13808106043964544413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-1163544377506518912006-11-14T17:46:00.000-05:002006-11-14T17:46:00.000-05:00I wonder if we will ever find out more decisive fa...I wonder if we will ever find out more decisive facts about their relationship. As it is, it's very interesting to conjecture and wonder... Elizabeth I in herself is fascinating. I haven't seen that series but you've made me want to.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125437682195078847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-1163452251428139852006-11-13T16:10:00.000-05:002006-11-13T16:10:00.000-05:00I can never quite make my mind up about Elizabeth ...I can never quite make my mind up about Elizabeth and Dudley - although that relationship was undoubtedly pivotal, I think David Starkey had a point when he identified her very odd 'fling' with Thomas Seymour, the husband of her former stepmother Catherine Parr, as a key factor in her reluctance to marry.<BR/><BR/>The Seymour thing is very difficult to dramatise, although it was done successfully in the 70s BBC adaptation - the strong hint of what we would consider child abuse is distinctly offputting, as she was a teenager at the time. However, the resemblance between Seymour and the men Elizabeth always favoured (especially Essex) is striking - charming, quick to anger, and slightly stupid. Seymour would end up executed (not by Elizabeth), and there seems to have been some kind of association in her mind between 'bad boys' and sex from then on - and, given her prudence, a fear of the latter. The example provided by her father would have been enough to put anyone off for life :S. Leicester was probably the most obvious candidate for her hand, but I do think that Anjou would have been a fairly satisfactory husband, his controversial nationality notwithstanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21880954.post-1163448584908041462006-11-13T15:09:00.000-05:002006-11-13T15:09:00.000-05:00I've read a great novel by Philippa Gregory called...I've read a great novel by Philippa Gregory called 'The Virgin's Lover'. It's all about Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley.Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.com