tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post2507986998759954541..comments2024-03-28T12:10:31.018-04:00Comments on Wormwoodiana: VAUGHAN WILKINSDouglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-54900051690191385882017-03-24T11:27:01.423-04:002017-03-24T11:27:01.423-04:00Only read 'city of frozen fire' - in dutch...Only read 'city of frozen fire' - in dutch translation I'm afraid. My parents bought it back in the fifties, but I have re-read the book several times. Thanks to Amazon I now have the english original and ordered some other of his books too.<br /><br />paaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729408431732671581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-46247741686316492552016-12-03T03:26:50.764-05:002016-12-03T03:26:50.764-05:00Thank you, it's nice to hear from another keen...Thank you, it's nice to hear from another keen VW reader.<br /><br />MarkMark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-81215081436349065552016-12-02T16:53:26.950-05:002016-12-02T16:53:26.950-05:00I first read "Fanfare for a Witch" when ...I first read "Fanfare for a Witch" when I was ten years old.I loved the hero Javan Tearce and vowed to call any son that.<br />I had a son-but my husband didn't fancy the name,alas.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910956063362600055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-76277468438286811252016-02-17T15:06:06.530-05:002016-02-17T15:06:06.530-05:00Thank you, it's good to find VW does indeed ha...Thank you, it's good to find VW does indeed have some keen readers. MarkMark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-83818406213091473752016-02-17T14:26:16.948-05:002016-02-17T14:26:16.948-05:00Just found this site! I've loved Vaughan Wilki...Just found this site! I've loved Vaughan Wilkins's books most of my life and my elder daughter was named Amelia because I was particularly taken with the story of Princess Amelia in And So - Victoria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-66501557700526964532015-08-29T13:43:00.036-04:002015-08-29T13:43:00.036-04:00I read nearly all Vaughan Wilkins's novels as ...I read nearly all Vaughan Wilkins's novels as a youngster and still live them. Try "And So Victoria" and "Seven Tempest" - dastardly plots against and by the Hanoverians, Dickensian characters, spirited heroines.Lizcounihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961102494303406049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-10392094253405262382015-07-01T16:15:37.124-04:002015-07-01T16:15:37.124-04:00Thank you, and how good to hear a Vaughan Wilkins ...Thank you, and how good to hear a Vaughan Wilkins book has become an heirloom! You were certainly fortunate to have de la Mare read aloud to you too. MarkMark Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806452973664951726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641755242350379907.post-31084131406743413632015-07-01T09:50:40.456-04:002015-07-01T09:50:40.456-04:00A much loved copy of "After Bath," has b...A much loved copy of "After Bath," has been passed down in my family since it was purchased in Foyle's(owing to the bookseller label on the rear pastedown) in the 1940's. I was fascinated by this book as a child, especially by the pirate stories. This was when Harry Potter was becoming a household name and, looking back, I am quite pleased that I had such obscure old Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com