A new review of my favourite book
Apologies for such a long delay in adding to my blog – quite a lot has been happening around here, including finding some Huguenot ancestors!
There is a review of my book “Sophie’s Salvation” just added to the Historical Novels' Society web site. In many ways it is complimentary, but I thought that I had written a Georgian romance which was rather different from the rest! For instance, no “machinations” during a ball scene.
Rather, I had wanted to develop the stories of two rather unhappy people (for different reasons) who find themselves coming together to be just the partners that they each need in life.
You will have to read the book to tell me whether the reviewer missed the point, or whether I did not write the book that I intended. Please let me know in commenting on this blog
There is a review of my book “Sophie’s Salvation” just added to the Historical Novels' Society web site. In many ways it is complimentary, but I thought that I had written a Georgian romance which was rather different from the rest! For instance, no “machinations” during a ball scene.
Rather, I had wanted to develop the stories of two rather unhappy people (for different reasons) who find themselves coming together to be just the partners that they each need in life.
You will have to read the book to tell me whether the reviewer missed the point, or whether I did not write the book that I intended. Please let me know in commenting on this blog
Published on November 19, 2015 07:54
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Darcy and the accidental author
News from Janet, for whom everything began with not knowing Mr Darcy's Story.
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. Wit News from Janet, for whom everything began with not knowing Mr Darcy's Story.
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. With more than 10 million other people in the UK, we were watching episode five of the BBC serial of P&P.
My second daughter was staying with us for the weekend, a break from working in London, and she commented that she wished that she could read Darcy’s side of the story, since Jane Austen had not said much about that in her novel.
I had not read the book for many years, and was surprised, and later in the week I bought an inexpensive copy of P&P from our local book shop, and highlighted the passages in which Darcy was present. I found that she was quite correct.
Having just finished a lengthy and rather boring task at work, I sat down and wrote two chapters of the story from the hero’s point of view.
...more
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. Wit News from Janet, for whom everything began with not knowing Mr Darcy's Story.
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. With more than 10 million other people in the UK, we were watching episode five of the BBC serial of P&P.
My second daughter was staying with us for the weekend, a break from working in London, and she commented that she wished that she could read Darcy’s side of the story, since Jane Austen had not said much about that in her novel.
I had not read the book for many years, and was surprised, and later in the week I bought an inexpensive copy of P&P from our local book shop, and highlighted the passages in which Darcy was present. I found that she was quite correct.
Having just finished a lengthy and rather boring task at work, I sat down and wrote two chapters of the story from the hero’s point of view.
...more
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