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Victorian Quotes

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century Picture Quote #1

I was born in England and went to school there. That’s when I discovered my undying passion for history - not just for the Middle Ages, but all periods of history. My favorites are medieval, Elizabethan, and Georgian; however, I’ve written stories set in periods as early as ancient Rome, right up to the Victorian era Picture Quote #1

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary Picture Quote #1

I read the best works of some of the best satirists, and indeed best writers from the beginning of the Victorian era to about the 1960s. If you want to be a blacksmith, you go and watch the blacksmith working, and you work out what the blacksmith does Picture Quote #1

[The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she’s a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful Picture Quote #1

I’m obsessed with the Victorian era and the British Royal Navy... I’d love to play a troubled sailor or captain or a boatman on a three masted ship Picture Quote #1

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In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right all of the wrongs would be too glib. I thought it would be better to lull the reader into thinking that is the way it would work, but then not to do that Picture Quote #1

When women let their hair down, it means either sexiness or craziness or death, the three by Victorian times having become virtually synonymous Picture Quote #1

Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard’s African novels Picture Quote #1

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With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century (Victorian Quotes) I was born in England and went to school there. That’s when I discovered my undying passion for history - not just for the Middle Ages, but all periods of history. My favorites are medieval, Elizabethan, and Georgian; however, I’ve written stories set in periods as early as ancient Rome, right up to the Victorian era. (Victorian Quotes) We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary (Victorian Quotes) I read the best works of some of the best satirists, and indeed best writers from the beginning of the Victorian era to about the 1960s. If you want to be a blacksmith, you go and watch the blacksmith working, and you work out what the blacksmith does (Victorian Quotes) [The] BBC was known as Auntie suggesting someone prudish and Victorian and that she still is on some days. On others she’s a champagne-soaked floozie, her skirts in disarray, her mind in the gutter, and the mixture can be quite wonderful (Victorian Quotes) I’m obsessed with the Victorian era and the British Royal Navy... I’d love to play a troubled sailor or captain or a boatman on a three masted ship (Victorian Quotes) In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right all of the wrongs would be too glib. I thought it would be better to lull the reader into thinking that is the way it would work, but then not to do that (Victorian Quotes) When women let their hair down, it means either sexiness or craziness or death, the three by Victorian times having become virtually synonymous (Victorian Quotes) Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard’s African novels (Victorian Quotes)

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