tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post3296124816439721936..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Great Frost Fair of 1814Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-36026099069063267312014-03-27T06:07:09.025-07:002014-03-27T06:07:09.025-07:00I am in the throes of researching Historical Clima...I am in the throes of researching Historical Climatology for my University Dissertation. I found historical temperature data from 1684, which suggested a freezing over, then Google led me here! Totally fascinating! What an amazing experience for the people (even if they were a little foolhardy!!) I love my Dissertation and little bits of intriguing information like this make it even better! Thank you. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11524303461967261165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-14697974165228445452014-03-27T06:06:48.171-07:002014-03-27T06:06:48.171-07:00I am in the throes of researching Historical Clima...I am in the throes of researching Historical Climatology for my University Dissertation. I found historical temperature data from 1684, which suggested a freezing over, then Google led me here! Totally fascinating! What an amazing experience for the people (even if they were a little foolhardy!!) I love my Dissertation and little bits of intriguing information like this make it even better! Thank you. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11524303461967261165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-77157628135859642272011-12-28T23:14:51.964-08:002011-12-28T23:14:51.964-08:00The last Frost Fair--can you imagine what it would...The last Frost Fair--can you imagine what it would be like if this were to happen again? I do wish I could have seen it. <br /><br />Side note--I'm mentally going over the calendar of events in my current book, wondering if I need to mention this. This could complicate things slightly!Nancy Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209727822644631003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-24481095576166667032011-12-28T22:42:04.402-08:002011-12-28T22:42:04.402-08:00This takes me back (many) years to my childhood in...This takes me back (many) years to my childhood in frozen Minnesota. My dad would take us out on an iced-over lake and drive like a maniac, spinning the car around and around. It was pretty safe, as there was nothing to crash into! Great fun. And I will never forget the crystallized trees.Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-34127956390132085502011-12-28T15:42:43.631-08:002011-12-28T15:42:43.631-08:00An intriguing vision. Virginia Woolf's renderi...An intriguing vision. Virginia Woolf's rendering of a Frost Fair in Orlando is for me the most vivid passage in her vividly imaginative book -- and the Frost Fair may be the least imaginary.Katherine Ashehttp://www.simon-de-montfort.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-71826970398850219902011-12-28T14:28:00.928-08:002011-12-28T14:28:00.928-08:00That last line should read "inability to cont...That last line should read "inability to control things in France"... (Thanks to my puppy sticking her nose helpfully onto the laptop keys it reads otherwise.)M.M. Bennettshttp://www.mmbennetts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-64491311390536945072011-12-28T14:25:30.524-08:002011-12-28T14:25:30.524-08:00Gillian, yes, there were frost fairs in earlier ye...Gillian, yes, there were frost fairs in earlier years--and they sound great fun to me--but this was the last of them. And the winter of 1814 had the heaviest recorded snowfall in the last 300 years--three feet in Edinburgh. (Actually, it was a completely rubbish winter everywhere, because the terrible weather contributed enormously to Napoleon's inability things in France which led to his downfall...)M.M. Bennettshttp://www.mmbennetts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-24697409245833141212011-12-28T12:56:46.875-08:002011-12-28T12:56:46.875-08:00I've heard reference to these before, but its ...I've heard reference to these before, but its just so incredible to read the description and accounts of those who were there.<br /><br />Thanks for the posting!Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-4176899020410282472011-12-28T10:09:55.089-08:002011-12-28T10:09:55.089-08:00Great! One of my favorite books is "The Froz...Great! One of my favorite books is "The Frozen Thames" by Helen Humphreys. A beautiful little book - a vignette from each of the forty times the Thames has frozen solid over its history. There were also frost fairs in many other years.Gillian Bagwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158267925708765585noreply@blogger.com