Alice Kemp-Welch (1856–1944)
Auteur van Of six mediaeval women; to which is added A note on mediaeval gardens
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- Kemp-Welch, Alice
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- 1856
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- 1944
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- UK
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Disputed as a biography it contains definite embellishment (most notably when Fulk Fitz-Warine fights a dragon) however whether this is merely embellishment or total fictionalisation hasn't been confirmed. At any rate there is definite proven factual points in the book, some possible conjecture, and some definite fiction.
Moving onto the writing itself, being a translation of an early manuscript it's rather rigid language which at times is rather inaccessible. The book is interesting from a history perspective however in terms of the actual enjoyment of reading it is rather dry and lacklustre.… (meer)