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Bookpossum · 04-18-2019, 08:11 AM

I agree - Tey was writing fiction, and could be as partisan as she liked.

I dug out Markham from Gutenberg as I read somewhere that his book was her source material, and I was interested to see how much he was offering in the way of document references (a lot) as opposed to just telling us the story. Yes of course, he has an axe to grind too, but from a quick look through, he does try to put forward both sides of the case, mainly of course so he can knock down the negative stories.

Interestingly, he wasn't a professional historian, but a geographer and quite involved with Antactic exploration and Scott in particular.

I should try to get hold of Weir, to see what she has to say on the other side.

04-18-2019, 08:11 AM	#84
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	I agree - Tey was writing fiction, and could be as partisan as she liked. I dug out Markham from Gutenberg as I read somewhere that his book was her source material, and I was interested to see how much he was offering in the way of document references (a lot) as opposed to just telling us the story. Yes of course, he has an axe to grind too, but from a quick look through, he does try to put forward both sides of the case, mainly of course so he can knock down the negative stories. Interestingly, he wasn't a professional historian, but a geographer and quite involved with Antactic exploration and Scott in particular. I should try to get hold of Weir, to see what she has to say on the other side.