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65 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I don't normally do this but....,
This review is from: Taming the Scotsman (The MacAllisters) (Mass Market Paperback)
When my credibility is attacked, I feel the need to respond. I am a historian and my students refer to me as Dr. Kenyon. I read 15 languages, most of them dead now and they include Old and Middle English. The word "cold" is in fact older than our written language. The idea of having a "cold" is more medieval than even Chaucer himself. In fact, if you read Latin and Arabic medical texts, you will see that Hot and Cold are always used to refer to medical conditions.So many times we like to think that we have "modern" thoughts that are in fact older than time. I quote Socrates who once said, "Women wear their skirts too short, too much make-up and the men are concerned with nothing but attending parties and other trivial pursuits. What has happened to the youth today?" It was also Plato who wrote the ever popular quote "Let sleeping dogs lie." Eleanor of Aquitaine set up abused women shelters. Give me a "modern" idea and I can easily give you an ancient/medieval equivelant or law (internet laws aside). As for slang, if I wrote my book in medieval slang terms, I daresay modern readers wouldn't know what rounsey, stew, kagoule, simsey, kerry, coffyn, convent/nunnery (both of which refer in slang to brothels--virgin row was the redlight district) or thousands of other words would mean. I have read medieval and ancient works extesively in their original languages. Things people think are modern aren't. Crocodile tears is a medieval expression taken from John Mandeville's writings in the 14th cent as are terms such as crow's feet, holograph, grenade, uppercrust, take the cake, taken with a grain of salt, etc. These are all from the 12th cent or before. Modern expressions: Now die! Written in the Aeneid by Virgil Nunc Morere. I will have my way with you upstairs and down...Catullus Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. Ovid's Garrula Lingua can be translated to mean Motormouth. Lastly, the wounds. Ewan was more seriously wounded than Ryan. Ryan took a small knife to the ribs, Ewan did not. Have you ever seen the damage a sword does on pig's flesh? I have. For that matter, I have wielded all manner of medieval weapons, worn armor (both chain and plate) and even titled the quintain. Oh and there is one last thing. There aren't any MacBains in my book. Perhaps you have me confused with someone else. Because I know my history, have taught and read it, I don't feel the need to flaunt my knowledge and bore reader's with inconsquential details.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Scottish princess tames the tormented bear,
By Michelle888 (Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Taming the Scotsman (The MacAllisters) (Mass Market Paperback)
Nora is desperate to escape her upcoming marriage to a man she cannot stand. Knowing that her only chance is by fleeing to her aunt, who happens to be the powerful Queen Eleanor of England, she flees to the protection of the one man whom both her father and betrothed fears. Seeking his protection, she braves the wild and off to the cave that has been Ewan's home since that tragic episode years ago.
Ewan MacAllister is a man haunted by a past mistake. Years ago, he fell in love with the same woman whom his brother Kieran wanted to marry. When Isobail declared her love for him, they flee together only for Ewan to find out that he was nothing more than a means for her to escape Scotland and meet her English lover. To make matters worse, he returns home only to find out that Kieran killed himself after learning about their elopement. From that day on, Ewan will carry the guilt over his brother's suicide and turn his back from all women and live in solitude. TAMING THE SCOTSMAN is the third book in Kinley MacGregor's delectable MacAllister series. I enjoyed reading this book and was entertained by Ewan and Nora's antics. I liked how Nora finds herself captivated by Ewan, whom she likens to a rugged bear that wants to be cuddled and cared for. It was good to see someone who dreamt of marrying a man of culture and one who would read her poetry, fall in love with someone completely so different; a man who storms off to attack trees with an ax each time he gets infuriated. As for Ewan, I am so glad that he finally meets the woman who can tame him and bring out the passionate and tender man in him. Someone who finally makes him realize that he isn't to blame for his brother's decision to end his life, when they were both victims of the lies of an evil woman. This is another fantastic book by Kinley MacGregor. I enjoyed the interaction between the main characters, and the secondary characters are also very entertaining. The ending is guaranteed to whet your appetite for the next books to see if THAT certain mystery can be solved. I cannot wait to learn the truth! If you are new to Kinley MacGregor and are a stickler for timelines, you should start with MASTER OF DESIRE, followed by CLAIMING THE HIGHLANDER, BORN IN SIN, TAMING THE SCOTSMAN and WHERE'S MY HERO? Although the heroes of the first and fifth titles are not MacAllisters, they have recurring parts in the other books.
23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ha! ..... definitely top notch!!,
By Streakblondie "streakblondie" (Lower Hutt, Wellington New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Taming the Scotsman (The MacAllisters) (Mass Market Paperback)
Fellow readers, I am extremely happy to tell you that after FINALLY reading `taming the scotsman' I can confirm that this is certainly Kinley at her best! ...... a few months ago I blindly `stood' up for this novel (having not read it at that stage) and said that Kinley was a great writer and that I thought this novel had to be a winner ...... and I am glad I did so!I have now read all of the books in the MacAllister series and `Taming the Scotsman' is an exceptionally wonderful story for Ewan ......... I could not have hoped for a more sweet story!!!!!!!! It is great that Kinley didn't make this one morose (as Ewan sometimes seemed in other related novels), she let Ewan tell his story his own way and his personality shone through .... he is sweet, gentle, and adorable! Ewan is extremely loveable and Nora is an absolute delight! This story fits right in with Kinley's tone for the series and oozes emotional depth and an adventuresome, amusing story that I found simply wonderful .... I will read this novel again and again, and I believe this novel is as good as "born in sin", for those of you who have already read that gorgeous novel! Buy it, rent it, borrow it ..... you need to read this one! It is a grade A+ read!
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