tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post565144805962264486..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: A Visit to the Park of MonstersLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-62631406788101334002016-06-06T14:39:07.320+01:002016-06-06T14:39:07.320+01:00Thank you for your kind comment, Melinda/Sarah. It...Thank you for your kind comment, Melinda/Sarah. It is certainly one of the most fascinating and extraordinary places I've ever visited. I'd have love to have seen it in its hey-day. It was actually more or less lost for about 350 years until it was re-discovered in the 1930s completely covered in creepers and with trees growing through the sculptures. <br /><br />At Bomarzo, there are some old photos of men cutting back the bushes and uncovering the sculptures - some of which had fallen whilst others were broken. And some of the enigmatic inscriptions were no longer decipherable - which makes it all even more mysterious. <br /><br />What one longs to discover is a contemporary diary or letter from someone seeing it for the first time.Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-17510920702681096202016-06-06T09:05:18.073+01:002016-06-06T09:05:18.073+01:00Thank you for another great post, Elizabeth - alwa...Thank you for another great post, Elizabeth - always so interesting!Melinda Hammond/Sarah Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402460212860103804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-10986833958530138682016-06-05T22:44:58.053+01:002016-06-05T22:44:58.053+01:00You're exactly right, Amanda: 'bizarre, be...You're exactly right, Amanda: 'bizarre, beautiful and slightly creepy' describes it perfectly. Orsini must have had a very odd mind-set to have dreamt up such a strange - and huge in every sense of the word - enterprise. He'd been a successful mercenary - I wonder if that had affected him psychologically. Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-59570086382711397302016-06-05T19:29:21.957+01:002016-06-05T19:29:21.957+01:00It looks a fascinating place, Elizabeth: bizarre a...It looks a fascinating place, Elizabeth: bizarre and beautiful and slightly creepy all at the same time. I've never heard of it before. I, too, am glad you commented on the scale of the pieces. What an extraordinary place.Amanda Grangehttp://www.amandagrange.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-84796585551861540212016-06-05T14:45:38.341+01:002016-06-05T14:45:38.341+01:00Thank you for your comments, Liz. Much appreciated...Thank you for your comments, Liz. Much appreciated. I love the idea of the heroine screaming in the Mouth of Hell and I'm sure the hero will do just as he ought. I saw the park on a sunny day - but imagine seeing it at night by flaring torches! Elizabeth Hawksleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-60605361810650458602016-06-05T11:40:27.091+01:002016-06-05T11:40:27.091+01:00Extraordinary. I'm so glad you gave an idea of...Extraordinary. I'm so glad you gave an idea of the scale of these monsters. They must be absolutely overwhelming. I can picture your heroine running about in a state of complete panic, with the villain in hot pursuit. And when she screams in the echoing chamber, God help our hero if he doesn't rush instantly to the rescue!Elizabeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407958362024218785noreply@blogger.com