This is must reading for anyone who’s read any of her early “multigenerational” novels including her first published, Dynasty of Death, and as Peter Gemma refers to them in his article, in the "later" novels, “The Eagles Gather” (1940) and “The Final Hour” (1944), which continued the multigenerational story up until the Second World War. When you read the article, you might agree with me that from the standpoint of multinational finance and war politics, not all that much has changed from the time Taylor Caldwell wrote during this period until today. For the article, click here.
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I, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), didn't really know my grandmother well, or even appreciate what she had accomplish, while she was still alive, being the youngest of her 4 grandchildren. She was for me elusive and somewhat of an enigma. Mike (my brother) couldn't agree with you more, though. He has some valuable insights into the difference between TC the writer, the person, and the "personality" and I'm sure (or at least hope) he will continue to write about that in this forum.
thx for the kudos - there is so much to know about TC the person.
There are plenty of references and quotes in Peter Gemma’s article that will pique the interest of anyone even marginally familiar with Caldwell’s novels. One that particularly caught my attention and spoke to me directly, as one of Taylor Caldwell’s direct descendants (I am the youngest son of Caldwell’s first child, Peggy), was her take on children, Gemma quotes “‘Children are not as important as the man in your life,’ she told People magazine in 1976, adding: ‘I don’t believe that they should be allowed to eat with their parents until they are 21.’” And indeed in our household, with the exception of occasional holiday gatherings, as far as I can remember until I was well into my early 20s, we children never ate with our parents.
Alhough the specific subject matter and time period of their novels is so radically different, both Thomas Hardy and Taylor Caldwell can be remembered as masterful novelists who captured their respective country’s “contentious agrarian-to-industrialization era”. Is this a fair comparison?