tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post7699051733939702906..comments2024-03-27T12:33:35.984+00:00Comments on Awfully Big Reviews Big Archive: Christopher Uptake by Susan PriceElen Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-14127506424910689342013-05-20T20:28:23.596+01:002013-05-20T20:28:23.596+01:00Thank you, Cecilia! My Christopher was inspired by...Thank you, Cecilia! My Christopher was inspired by Marlowe, just as my Sterkarms were inspired the Armstrongs - but in both cases I came to the conclusion that, although I didn't mind it being obvious where the inspiration came from, I didn't want to be bound by history either. Both Christopher and Sterkarms are fiction, and I wanted to be able to follow my own fictional path in whatever direction it happened to go.<br />As for Marlowe - when I was reading about him, I found that there were as many Marlowes as there were researchers. Gay Marlowes, straight Marlowes, violent Marlowes - even devout Catholic Marlowes, as well as Marlowes who survived Deptford and busily wrote Shakespeare's plays for him...Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com