Comments | lauralyrics: This is not a love story

lauralyrics

This is not a love story

Apr 27, 2010 22:19

( But it's a good one, even if it's a bit long )

henry j colyton, sir pagan, sara zimmerman

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Author Research almackhouse February 21 2011, 16:51:44 UTC

Great job on the research. I've always wondered why this author had only one book published. The writing style was great; I was fifteen when I first pulled this off the shelves of the Thomas Jefferson Library in Fairfax, VA, and if it had not caught my attention almost immediately, I would not have read any further. But it did, and the story just got better and better. What I didn't know at the time was just how well researched this book was. To this day, whether it's watching some documentary on tv or the film Indiana Jones and the Lost Crusade, I know when I'm going down that long narrow canyon that opens up onto Petra having first read about it in Sir Pagan ( ... )

Re: Author Research lauralyrics February 26 2011, 17:38:25 UTC

Thank you! I too wonder why she didn't write more: she obviously had talent.

ext_4343072 October 23 2017, 06:19:04 UTC

I read this book in the 9th grade and loved the characters, set me on a life long love of historical novels. Re-read ever couple of years! Was a pleasant surprise to learn the author was a woman.

sir pagan anonymous September 28 2011, 15:54:30 UTC

I too love this novel and recently purchased it. Very intersting article about the author.

Re: sir pagan lauralyrics September 29 2011, 00:00:36 UTC

Thanks! :)

Sir Pagana by Henry John Colyton (pseudonym of Sara Zimmerman) anonymous October 15 2011, 14:42:27 UTC

This is one of the best books IU have evere read. I purchased it more than fifty years ago in a used book store for 50 cents, and have reread it more than ten times since. I always find somehing new to appreciate in the historical treatment.

anonymous February 13 2012, 06:27:35 UTC

I have this book and have read it many times. I found it first in our local library under Zimmermann, probably 30 years ago. They don't have it anymore. I later found a copy at a Thrift store. It is a wonderful book and has a permanent place on my book shelf. It would make a great film.

anonymous April 12 2012, 03:38:08 UTC

I read it as a kid loved it, along with Rosemary Sutcliffe and Sally Watson. I found a copy as an adult and Still loved it and then it was burnt up in a house fire so I was trying to price it and find a copy and hoped to find more by the same... Sara Zimmerman as it turns out. She wrote in the voice of a young man as well as Peter Beagle did as two girls one a ghost in Tamsin. I still hope to find a story she published called Kelpie Sally