Sylvia
posts on 1/22/2010 12:39:33 AM
I just discovered these messages and just wish we could form a Norah Lofts Club! I read somewhere in these that someone had asked if anybody had mapped out Layer Wood and all the surrounding villoages and manors. I remember seeing a map published on the inside front cover of one of her books probably 40 years ago, but didn't think to get a copy of it. That would be a grand poster!
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Marion Langham
posts on 1/2/2010 8:21:10 AM
I have only just discovered this forum but I discovered Norah Lofts many years ago. I adored her books and decided to write to tell her so.
We corresponded several times and I still have her letters.
She was a lovely lady and a very talented author.
I have read most of her historical novels but occasionally come across one that I missed.
I recently found Silver Nutmeg and devoured it.
Norah Lofts will always hold a special place in my heart.
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Natasha
posts on 12/31/2009 11:55:10 AM
Hello all, I feel very fortunate to have discovered Norah Lofts by coming across Gad's Hall recently. Enjoyed it greatly - historically fascinating and subtle yet eerie. I look forward to reading The Haunting of Gad's Hall next. I'm currently on a search for other such "stories of the supernatural" by Norah Lofts, any recommendations?
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BarbaraH
posts on 12/23/2009 3:36:53 AM
Nobody seems to have posted much recently, but I don't believe we are not reading Herself, do you?
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Sue Edwards
posts on 11/17/2009 12:17:04 PM
Hi there! I have just discovered this forum, and am so pleased to see so many people who love Norah Lofts Novels! I have all of them, and have just finished reading "Road to Revelation" for the umpteenth time! (It is falling to bits now!) I first discovered Norah Lofts back in the 1960s and was hooked straight away! I love the writing "in the first person", it makes it so much more personal and intimate. I love the way that she introduces places like Layer Wood, and the different towns and villages, and also that the different characters such as the Law firm of Turnbull turn up in different Novels.
I think that my favourites are "The House" trilogy, and "Knights Acre" trilogy. But really I just love all of them. I can see her characters in my mind's eye and they come alive through her words. I just wish there were more of them, and when I found that "Pargeters" was her last book, it was sad to think that this great writer could never write anymore books to keep us enthralled. I always try to read "How Far to Bethlehem?" each Christmas, and I love individual stories starting far away, with the journey ending at Bethlehem! Are have been truly blessed with Norah Lofts writings!
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BarbaraH
posts on 6/2/2009 3:17:05 AM
I don't know where to post this- it isn't really a topic or anything ,except I wanted to say isn't it nice when you order a book and then forget about ordering and it turns up on your doorstep like a nice present!
My Norah Lofts (non-fiction) "Anne Boleyn" just did!
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Maureen McLeod
posts on 5/26/2009 11:26:14 PM
Ms. Rose is a Lesbian and wants to keep Marion all to herself as her lover. She is never going to allow Marion to be released from her care.
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Rita
posts on 5/25/2009 1:22:54 AM
Tom Rowhedge was a character in the book
Bless This House. Merravay was built for him. And it was haunted. I can't remember if he appeared in any other of NL books.
And the ending of Lovers All Untrue, Ann, was about Miss Rose, who had fallen in love with Marion. She did not want her to get well. She wanted to keep her a pretty doll.
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Amitzah
posts on 5/19/2009 2:31:06 AM
Hi, I just finished reading Nora Lofts Lovers All Untrue, I'm completely confused by the ending with Marion and Miss Rose, can someone help me to understand it.
Thanks in advance.
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ann
posts on 5/17/2009 6:51:57 PM
I am trying to remember in which of Nora Lofts books the character Tom Rowhedge appears. Horrible things happened to him. I had thought he was in the "House" trilogy, but I've reread them and he isn't there. Would love to hear what anyone knows.
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