Comments on: In the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/in-the-company-of-the-courtesan-sarah-dunant/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Books News http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/in-the-company-of-the-courtesan-sarah-dunant/#comment-101051 Books News Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:09:28 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/in-the-company-of-the-courtesan-sarah-dunant/#comment-101051 [...] In the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant - John Baker’s BlogIn the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant. 19th April 2007. Bythe time she began this, her eighth novel, Sarah Dunant hadcertainly learned how to … [...] [...] In the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant - John Baker’s BlogIn the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant. 19th April 2007. Bythe time she began this, her eighth novel, Sarah Dunant hadcertainly learned how to … [...]

]]> By: Ron http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/in-the-company-of-the-courtesan-sarah-dunant/#comment-61713 Ron Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:37:16 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/in-the-company-of-the-courtesan-sarah-dunant/#comment-61713 John, you might be interested to know that this book was featured this month on Australia's ABC TV's <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/" rel="nofollow">First Tuesday Book Club</a>. (The ABC is our BBC.) <strong>jb says</strong>: Thanks for this, Ron. I took a peek. John, you might be interested to know that this book was featured this month on Australia’s ABC TV’s First Tuesday Book Club.

(The ABC is our BBC.)

jb says: Thanks for this, Ron. I took a peek.

]]> By: Brian Hadd http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/in-the-company-of-the-courtesan-sarah-dunant/#comment-61487 Brian Hadd Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:16:18 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/in-the-company-of-the-courtesan-sarah-dunant/#comment-61487 Would sexual politics have been better depicted in a different era? How was the character of Fiammetta oblivious of her setting so to speak? <strong>jb says</strong>: The character of Fiammetta was the real problem for me. I didn't feel that I knew who she was, even at the end of the novel. Bucino, the narrator is the only really fully-drawn character in the novel. Would sexual politics have been better depicted in a different era? How was the character of Fiammetta oblivious of her setting so to speak?

jb says: The character of Fiammetta was the real problem for me. I didn’t feel that I knew who she was, even at the end of the novel. Bucino, the narrator is the only really fully-drawn character in the novel.

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