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...I do not claim by any means to be the outright author, because "Rossetti Lips that have been Kissed", is made up of many authors, including that of the characters, I simply put this mass jigsaw together, which took about three years, and then there were the corrections. And just when I thought I had finished, my friend and stern critic Mavis Nicholson said, it needs to be bigger. So I set about writing another thirty thousand words, but first I had to do a great deal more research. I will spare you the difficulty I had with various printing companies, out to make easy money, the fastest way they possibly could. And various vanity publishers, ready to take advantage of some egotistical new writer like me. So I am now confronted with this question, inviting me to say something about "Rossetti Lips that have been Kissed", but before I do so. I will state that I do not profess my view to be any more accurate - critical or grandeur than that of my readers. Though, I can say that I wrote this novel with a view that people's life and their time is very precious, and therefore I had no wish to waste any of it for the reader or myself for that matter. The first "Rossetti: The Novel", draft was merely 120 pages long - a short story you could pick up and read on a two hours train journey. My brother Phil said, "yes! It's a good story, but if I were the writer, it would be this thick," he insisted, extending his fingers and thumb wide apart. Though I feel that the Pre-Raphaelites are a very important part of our culture and heritance. I am however concerned that one day "Rossetti" might be criticised for being soli to do with the hippy movement - about the original founders. Hence, the Pre-Raphaelite's outrageous lifestyle - their flamboyant clothes, which they wore, and their connection with the drug culture, them days of course all perfectly legal. Apparently this notion was widely believed regarding "Lord of The Rings", by J.R.R Tolkien, but as far as Tolkien was concerned, it was a mistaken notion. Since he did not mean it to be anything to do with the hippy movement, and was very upset about it. Though of course there is no denying "Rossetti" is certainly connected to today's movement. Is "Rossetti" all about sex then? Certainly not, but no doubt "Rossetti" in part is erotic, how could any author write in earnest about Dante Gabriel Rossetti without mentioning his various love affairs, with his numerous stunningly beautiful models that he painted? Though this novel is as much about Christina Rossetti (Dante's sister) as it is about him. While he is very handsome, charismatic and charming on the one hand - though beautiful, she on the other hand is seemingly cold and sometimes merciless to her suitors, but their lives are about far more than just their relationships. Though no deliberate connection to Leonardo Da Vince and secret societies, which are currently popular. There is however a link in regards to its quest for a golden age and the Holy Grail - Stonehenge being a feature, much a mystery today as it was then, and has been down through the centuries. These themes are part and parcel of the Arthurian legend, which played a major part in the work of the Pre-Raphaelite artists both men and women; who at first were a secret society; because they had to be in order to survive. "Rossetti" is written in a simple style, wrote Dr. Kingsley from Nigeria, in his sophisticated review. I could not agree more - though the lives of the main characters are far from simple - on the contrary they are sometimes very complicated and often difficult to say the least. Though it is through these difficult times that we see a development as they are cast down and then rise up to be triumphant in their lives and in love. Finally "Rossetti" is based on a true story, whereby most of which is accurate, therefore if you do have a soft heart like me - you may like to read it just before bedtime. (Rossetti is based on a true story. Dante Rossetti the very handsome charismatic young artist falls in love with the stunningly beautiful Lizzie Siddal who tragically dies of an accidental drug overdose. He later secretively meets up with Jane Morris who is married to Topsy with two children. Jane was in love with Dante before he married Lizzie so she in-turn married Topsy. Dante and Jane continue their romance where they had left off. Leaving Topsy at a loose end.)
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- PublisherNarbone
- ISBN 10 0954530276
- ISBN 13 9780954530273
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages264
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