Moyra Caldecott (1927–2015)
Auteur de Women in Celtic Myth: Tales of Extraordinary Women from the Ancient Celtic Tradition
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Portrait by Anthea Toorchen (1992)
Séries
Œuvres de Moyra Caldecott
Women in Celtic Myth: Tales of Extraordinary Women from the Ancient Celtic Tradition (1988) 283 exemplaires
Mythical Journeys, Legendary Quests: The Spiritual Search-Traditional Stories from World Mythology (1996) 15 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Caldecott, Moyra
- Nom légal
- Caldecott, Moyra
- Date de naissance
- 1927-06-01
- Date de décès
- 2015-05-23
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Bath, Somerset, England, UK - Professions
- author
- Relations
- Caldecott, Oliver (husband)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Ancient Crete (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 30
- Membres
- 884
- Popularité
- #28,975
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 152
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 1
In short, she sounded like an interesting, strong, historical Anglo-Saxon woman. This book educated me on the facts of her life, and I am pretty sure the author got her chronology correct, even though she never mentioned the stole for St. Cuthbert.
But it was not an engaging book. It felt like a recital of events, peppered with a large cast of characters with unfamiliar names. And in most cases, any particular name showed up only briefly. This book could have been a family history from a geneology site, but it was not an engaging story.
It is more pleasant than a timeline, but only barely. The author does not make us care particularly about Etheldreda, who is portrayed woodenly, but better than any of the supporting characters to her story.
Recommended only to those who wish to know more about the facts of her life, with a little background in the politics of England in the 600s. Not recommended to the general reader.… (plus d'informations)