I finally got around to adding my photos of places related to the historical Elisabeth that I saw during my three-month stay in Switzerland last year (there are more than three photos, but because I added them in batches, the community only shows the number in my last batch). I lived in Geneva, where Elisabeth was assassinated, and I often walked along the boulevard where Lucheni had attacked her, saw the memorial plaque commemorating the place and passed by the statue of her located close to it… Continue

Last week had my first live experience of Elisabeth... twice. This review is copied from my LJ and I'm posting it here because the perormances I saw were wonderful and I want the world to know it :D I had Annemeike and Uwe both times and loved them both. Funnily enough I had been hoping to avoid Annemaike in favor of Pia/Understudy or 2 understudies after it turned out Pia was to leave. I also had been quite disappointed when it was announced that Uwe was going to be in the cast particularly af… Continue

Forgive me, but boredom makes me ask silly, curious questions like this. *laughs* Any of you fellow Elisabeth fans frequent LJ? :)

Just did another blog post about Elisabeth over on Tip of the Quill. Readership is up over there and I am going to try to alternate blog post about Austrian history in the FJ era and theme in Leroux's Phantom... Here is the link if anyone want to read: http://jenniferlinforth.blogspot.com/2008/03/das-kann-ich-dir-nicht-geben-elisabeth.html (Hyperlink is being fickle for me right now... just copy and past) Tod

If anyone loves the history of the royals, I was just interviewed on a great blog. Tons of links to all sorts of sites that deal with royality and history. I was amazed ... I was surprised when the request for this interview came in because it was was for ADELRUNE, my novel set in Austria and the one currently being marketed to publishers. Susan blogs on many topics of royality and networks with some of the more famous writers of royal historical fiction. We stumbled upon each other a year ago… Continue