Hilary Mantel mulls over myth, death, music and a production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, mixed up with memories of her ghostlike father and (incongruously) Princess Diana.
The myth that Diana-cult makes me think of isn’t so much Orpheus & Eurydice but rather “The Unquiet Grave”. Maybe even “The Monkey’s Paw”.
[The link for the Mantel-piece snaffled from an entry by lizhand at theinferior4.]
