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A Novel Role-Playing Game folder
NBRC RPG - Lady Zuzana
OTHER CHALLENGES:
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2022
2011:
2022 Reading:The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott 1/16/22
Star Wars: The High Republic, Vol. 1: There Is No Fear by Cavan Scott 1/16/22
The Jane Austen Collection: An Audible Original Drama 1/30/22
Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn (Darth Bane #1) 2/20/22
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Dessel/Bane was obviously a very powerful Sithlord. And it was hinted that he was the fortold Sith’ari. Whether this is coincidental or blatant, I am not sure. But how does it feel to have a character that you sculpted and created take on it’s own essences and characterizations outside your vision of them?
Edit From my understanding of how old novels were written in part of the Star Wars EU is Lucasarts or whatever company deals with the writings had a lot of input, but also the company West End Games had a lot of content with character development from the expanded universe. When you started writing what kind of information did you research in order to develop your stories or was it pretty much a meeting between yourself and the company and they gave you a direction you were suppose to follow? Also, whose idea was it to give the Exile a name? and do you feel the fans reacted well to that or was it something that kind of bit back?
DK: Just to be clear, I didn’t actually create Bane. He was introduced in the Dark Horse Jedi vs Sith comics as a shadowy character lurking in the background. I just sort of pushed him more to the forefront and then expanded on what was hinted at in the comics… though I do feel a bit possessive of him now.
In some ways its flattering to see a character I created become something more than what I intended; it means fans are really drawn to him (or her). But it can be kind of odd to see fans running wild with theories and speculation I never intended. But that’s part of what I love about SW – the passion of the fans.
As for giving the Exile a name, we all knew it had to happen if she was going to be in the novel. Calling her the Exile over and over would have been tedious to write and annoying to read – trust me on this. So I came up with her name, even though I knew it would piss off a lot of folks. Names are funny – if you are very lucky, half the people like it and half don’t care. But usually most people hate it… though the options they offer up instead are just as bad.
But then once the name is applied to something or someone and it’s out there for a while, people get used to it. Honestly, “Star Wars” is kind of a silly name. It sounds like a placeholder until they come up with something better, right? (Hey, George – what’s this movie about? Well, it’s in space and there’s a fight – call it Space Fight? No, that’s bad. Star Wars? Eh… leave it for now and we’ll get something cool later on.)
But now we’re all familiar with the name, and it seems perfect – it’s hard to imagine it being named anything else. We had the same issue with Mass Effect. People HATED the name, but they hated it less than any other name on our list. So we used it, even though 75% of the dev team thought it was lame. And now most people hear Mass Effect and they think “awesome – I love that game”!
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What made you go the route you did with Darth Bane when there was already some establishment for his character in the Jedi vs Sith comics? (For example, making him a relatively new Sith rather than the grizzled veteran of the comics)
DK: I actually didn’t think the comics explicitly had him as a grizzled veteran. We don’t see much of him; he kind of lurks in the shadows. I guess you could assume he’s been a Sith for a long time, but I didn’t get that vibe. He seemed like an outsider in the comics, and I figured someone who had a view of the Sith that was so different than all the other Sith Lords had to be something of a new comer to the philosophy.
Based on that, I wanted to explore where he came from and how he came to his unique vision of the Dark Side. It’s a classic hero’s journey, from simple commoner to savior… but with a dark side twist.
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In the Darth Bane Trilogy, was there anything you wanted to do with the characters that Lucasfilm/Books banned you from doing?
DK: They were actually very open about letting me tell the story I wanted to tell. There were a couple funny edits they made – they were very conscious of any reference to sex. I had once scene where a character recalls something said to her in bed the previous night by her lover, and they asked me to change it to her remembering something said over dinner. But that’s a very minor change.
I was shocked they didn’t ask me to change the ending of Rule of Two. I kind of figured I was pushing the graphic violence to a level beyond what Star Wars would normally include, but nobody ever commented on that.
(Does that say something about our society?)
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Drew, what inspired you to start writing Star Wars lore? Also whats your favorite SW book or movie. Fantastic work I just picked up the Darth Bane Series today, keep up the great work!
DK: I grew up with Star Wars. I saw the first movie when I was seven in theaters, so it was a major cultural influence on me. I went as a Jawa or Sandperson for Halloween most years (because I could wear warm clothes underneath – very important up in Edmonton, Canada). So when I finally got the chance to work with the Star Wars universe through BioWare on KOTOR, it was the fulfillment of a childhood dream.
As for favorite SW books, I’ll disqualify mine. I enjoyed the Thrawn novels, and I really liked Shatterpoint. Movie is a slam dunk – Empire.
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Why did you decide to take Revan’s character in the direction you did? Along with that, what was your opinion of the way KotOR II looked at Revan’s character?
DK: Do you mean in KOTOR or the novel? In KOTOR, we tried to leave Revan’s character open so that players could take their version in the direction they wanted. But with the novel, we needed to make a canon version. The powers that be figured we should do a light-side redeemed Revan who was male because he’d have the most mass appeal; it made sense to me. (Plus I’d already done plenty of dark side stuff with Bane.)
As for KOTOR 2, they had a tough job – they needed to make a sequel to a game they didn’t create, with a character that could be male or female and might have been light side or dark side. I think they did a good job throwing out all sorts of conflicting theories and evidence that allowed fans to form their own opinions, which is kind of what happens to legends and heroes when they disappear. Mythology springs up all around them, they get co-opted by various groups with various agendas, and the truth becomes a murky, messy, muddled cloud.
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What inspired you to work in the era of the Old Republic? Was it just by virtue of working at Bioware and them making KOTOR, or were you interested in working in that era before that?
DK: My work on KOTOR gave me the reputation of “the Old Republic guy”, which was something I was perfectly happy with. I love Star Wars, but the EU was very, very crowded. The Old Republic felt cleaner to me; it let me work with a mostly blank canvas rather than picking up the pieces others had left. (That’s also basically why BioWare chose to make an Old Republic game.)
source: https://roqoodepot.wordpress.com/2013...
Who’s your favorite Kotor character?DK: Dead-eye Duncan, the first duelist you fight in the Taris arena. I actually wrote a subplot where he survived Malak’s attack on Taris and escaped the world. Later you find out he is impersonating your character by posing as the famous duelist called the Mysterious Stranger. I thought it was quite funny, but unfortunately the plot didn’t end up making it into the final game because of time pressure.
source: https://roqoodepot.wordpress.com/inte...
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Authors I'd like to check out in 2022Jamaica Kincaid (literary fiction set in post-colonial West Indies) - audiobooks in Audible Plus Catalog
Stick to your New Year's Reading resolutions (For a change) - Repeatable.You can participate once every year.
1. Start fresh.
Read 2 books from a new to you author and 1 book published this year.
Reward: 5 XP.
2. Read every day.
Read several pages every day for a month (minimum of 10 pages or 15 minutes of audio). You can break up the task into 4 week long segments if you prefer (doesn't have to be 4 consequtive weeks).
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
3. Read More Diverse Books/Books You Don’t Normally Read.
Read three books from genres you usually avoid (e.g. classics, memoir, sci-fi, YA, history, science, comic book, book set in another country or different culture).
Reward: 2 XP and 1 Major Heal Potion.
4. Don't be intimidated by longer books.
Either read one 1000+ page book or two books 500+ page books.
Reward: 3 XP and 1 Duplication Potion.
5. Enjoy yourself.
Re-read one of your favorite books.
Reward: 2 XP.
6. Declutter Your Books.
Go through all the books you own (physical or electronical), organize them and if you come across some physical books you know you won't read (ever again), donate at least one of them to your local library or school or to a friend. (You don't have to read the book if you don't want to.)
Reward: 1 Minor Heal Potion.
7. Organize Your Bookshelves & Manage your ‘to be read’ pile.
Either read a book that you added to your TBR in the year you joined Goodreads or read a physical book that has been sitting on your bookshelf longer than that.
Reward: 1 Time Walking Potion.
8. Make More Reading Friends.
Buddy-read a book with one of your fellow adventurers. Use our local theatre for your buddy-read sessions.
Reward: 1 Mercenary Coupon.
9. Stop Buying Books for a month.
Don't buy any books for at least a month and instead read a book that you got for free (might be from your library or borrowed from a friend).
Reward: 2 XP.
10. Pick up a number and stick with it.
Set yourself a reading goal that feels achievable yet still pushes you to find the time to read (minimum of 12 books per year) and stick to it. You can collect your reward for finishing this task no sooner than 1st December.
Reward: 1 Santa Coupon
Tasks 2, 6 and 10 are participation tasks (you can use the books you read for other tasks).
Once you finish a task, report it in the Theatre thread and you can collect your reward.
If you finish all 10 tasks, you can collect your BONUS REWARD: additional 5 XP.
Queen Sky ordered you to start the first public library in the Novel Kingdom.1. Read a book with "library" in the text to rent a suitable building.
2. Read a book with bookshelves, tables or armchairs on the cover to provide the furniture.
3. Read a book where the main character is either an author, a librarian, a literature teacher or an avid reader to hire the staff.
4. Read a book where somebody is reading/buying/borrowing a particular book (the book title is mentioned in the text) to attract new readers to your library.
5. Read 4 books each from a different genre to provide a variety of books for your readers.
Reward: 5 XP and 3 Duplication Potions.
2022 NEW BOOKS🎧 audiobooks - bought
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📚 books - Amazon Kindle Shop
John Mullan on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility: Is Marianne a hypocrite?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV82i...
John Mullan on Emma
https://youtu.be/k087iZazynQ
BookishPrincess: Our MOST & LEAST Favorite Jane Austen Film Adaptations - https://youtu.be/JVpJnFcB7dM 4/16/222 friends discuss various JA adaptations. This discussion is more informative and less giggly than similar YT videos. I loved it.
Real Jane Austen (2002): a dramatized documentary -https://youtu.be/krM4sxwYwlE - Anna Chancellor (narrator - great-niece of JA)
4/17/22
****Mansfield Park Challenge***
1. Read Mansfield Park
2. Read a re-telling or continuation of Mansfield Park (period or modern)
3. Read a book set in the Carribean (West Indies)
4. Mansfield Park and Sotherton
Read a non-fiction book about either one of these topics:
a) (history of the) English Country house(s)
b) (history of the) English Gardens
c) improvement of the landscape / landscape designing in the 18th-19th century
5. Sir Thomas' sugar plantations in Antigua.
Read a non-fiction book on either one of these topics:
a) slave trade / abolitionist movement
b) (history of) sugar
c) English/British presence in the Carribean
6. Crawfords' Uncle and Fanny's brother - the Royal Navy
Read a non-fiction book on either one of these topics:
a) biography of an admiral/captain serving in the Royal Navy
b) daily life on the ships during the Age of Sail period (fiction counts as well)
c) history of the Royal Navy
7. Watch or listen to a Mansfield Park adaptation.
I'd like to do something different this year. I'm going to pick one of the novels and try to fill all the prompts with works that relate to that book.I don't know how it will go but I'll try Persuasion.
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s six novels
The Annotated Persuasion by Jane Austen, David M. Shapard (Editor)
"...the complete text of Persuasion with hundreds of annotations on facing pages, including:
● Explanations of historical context
● Citations from Austen’s life, letters, and other writings
● Definitions and clarifications
● Literary comments and analysis
● Plentiful maps and illustrations
● An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events"
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
The Watsons in Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon
"The Watsons is an abandoned novel by Jane Austen, probably begun about 1803. There have been a number of arguments advanced why she did not complete it and other authors have since attempted that task. Even before the manuscript fragment was eventually published in 1871, a continuation based on it by Austen's niece Catherine Anne Hubback (see bellow) appeared in 1850."
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers: Being the Adventures of Sir Francis Austen, G.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet and Rear-Admiral Charles Austen by John Henry Hubback
"Two of Jane Austen's brothers made successful careers in the Navy: Francis (1774–1865) rose to the rank of Admiral; Charles (1779–1852) to Rear-Admiral. Jane's naval heroes, most notably Captain Wentworth in Persuasion, as well as much of her knowledge of naval life and contemporary affairs during the Napoleonic Wars, owe much to the stories and letters of her brothers. Written by Francis Austen's grandson John Hubback and his daughter Edith, this double biography is informed by family tradition as well as research into contemporary documents. The Hubbacks, with their unique insight, suggest many family anecdotes and characteristics as possible sources for Jane's novels. Beyond its interest as a record of how her brothers' naval careers influenced her work, this book, first published in 1906, also remains of great interest to historians of the Navy in the first half of the nineteenth century."
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Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
"Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command."
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book OR a work of historical fiction set in Jane Austen’s time
The Younger Sister by Catherine Anne Austen Hubback
"Catherine Anne Hubback (7 July 1818 – 25 February 1877) was an English novelist, and the eighth child and fourth daughter of Sir Francis Austen (1774–1865), and niece of English novelist Jane Austen. She began writing fiction to support herself and her three sons after her husband John Hubback was institutionalized. She had copies of some of her aunt's unfinished works and, in 1850, remembering Austen's proposed plot, she wrote The Younger Sister, a completion of Jane Austen's The Watsons."
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By the Book by Julia Sonneborn
"An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fiancé has just become the president of her college—and her new boss—in this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Persuasion."
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen
Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat
"Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer and a novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). The novel is set during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Marryat himself served with distinction."
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
Persuasion (2022). The movie starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis and Henry Golding will premiere on Netflix on July 15, 2022.
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
Modern Persuasion (2021). A modern-day adaptation set in New York starring Alicia Witt. This movie had terrible reviews. I'm willing to give it a chance but my expectations are very low.
****Mansfield Park Challenge***
1. Read Mansfield Park
2. Read a re-telling or continuation of Mansfield Park - both period and modern:
3. Jane Austen and her times
Read a non-fiction book on either one of these topics:
a) life of Jane Austen and/or her family
b) Jane Austen's works (literary criticism)
c) Georgian/Regency era
4. Mansfield Park and Sotherton
Read a non-fiction book on either one of these topics:
a) (history of the) English Country house(s) and/or family life during in the Regency era
b) (history of the) English Gardens
c) improvement of the landscape / landscape designing in the 18th-19th century
5. Sir Thomas' sugar plantations in Antigua.
Read a book on either one of these topics:
a) slave trade / abolitionist movement (fiction counts as well)
b) (history of) sugar
c) English/British presence in the Carribean (fiction counts as well)
6. Crawfords' Uncle and Fanny's brother - the Royal Navy
Read a book on either one of these topics:
a) biography of an admiral/captain serving in the Royal Navy
b) daily life on the ships during the Age of Sail period (fiction counts as well)
c) history of the Royal Navy
7. Maria's infidelity
Read a book on either one of these topics:
a) Georgian/Regency scandal(s)
b) (history of) marriage and/or divorce
c) adultery (fiction counts as well - has to be a major plot point of the book)
8. Watch or listen to a Mansfield Park adaptation.
The estates in Emma and Persuasion, Donwell Abbey and KellynchHall, reveal their economic value through gaps in the consumer
spending of their owners. The loss of the season in London for
Elizabeth and Sir Walter measures the condition of the Kellynch
income in precise terms. The season, according to the economic
historian F. M. L. Thompson, could have been managed on an
income of £5,000 in the 1790s, a sum that would explain the John
Dashwoods' ready engagement of this expense. But after the war, as
Thompson notes, the expenses for this luxury had doubled. Mismanagement
and inflation take their toll on Sir Walter's pretensions
to grandeur. On the other hand, Mr Knightley's infrequent use of a
carriage, so deprecated by Emma, is understood by the reader to be a
prudent investment in the future of Donwell Abbey on the assumption
that he sensibly invests his spare capital in improvements to his
estate.
"He was not Mr. Wentworth, the former curate of Monkford, however suspicious appearances may be, but a captain Frederick Wentworth, his brother, who being made commander in consequence of the action off St. Domingo, and not immediately employed, had come into Somersetshire, in the summer of 1806; and having no parent living, found a home for half a year, at Monkford."Mr Frederick Wentworth fought in the Battle of San Domingo (today Dominican Republic) in February 1806. It was the last major fleet action of the Napoleonic Wars. It would have been well known to early 19th century readers. Jane Austen knew the battle fairly well herself, her brother Francis commanded one of the British ships there. It was a big British victory, 3 French ships of the line captured, 2 sunk.
Wentworth at the time was most probably a lieutenant serving as 1st or 2nd officer on one of the seven British ships of the line or 1st officer on one of the two frigates or a corvette.
In consequence of the victory he was promoted to the rank of Commander. He also got his share of head money and prize money.
Head money was a cash sum of £5 paid out for every enemy crew member who was killed, wounded or captured during the battle. Prize money was the cash value of ships, cargoes or other materials that were captured. The money gained was then divided up among the officers and crew according to an established system. Wentworth and all the other officers (lieutenants) present "in sight of the action" would divide 1/8 of the money among themselves. It would have been a nice sum but nothing huge.
"Captain Wentworth had no fortune. He had been lucky in his profession, but spending freely, what had come freely, had realized nothing."
This tells us that in the 6 months after the battle he spent all the money or at least most of it. The money had "realized nothing" means that he made no lasting investments.
While he got his promotion he was "not immediately employed". That means that the Admiralty had no ship for him. At the height of Napoleonic wars there was much more captains and commanders then ships available for them to command. Here is where Wentworth's lack of connections come into play. It was not uncommon for a flock of desperate unemployed captains to hang around the Admiralty everyday in hopes of catching an Admiral's eye and getting a command. When on shore officers (lieutenants and higher) had to live on half-pay (reduced wages) which was calculated according to rank. I couldn't find exact figures for Commanders but it would have been between 7 shillings and 14 shillings a day - the sum was paid every six months. It was not sufficient to support a family without other source of income.
"Anne Elliot, with all her claims of birth, beauty, and mind, to throw herself away at nineteen; involve herself at nineteen in an engagement with a young man, who had nothing but himself to recommend him, and no hopes of attaining affluence, but in the chances of a most uncertain profession, and no connexions to secure even his farther rise in that profession; would be, indeed, a throwing away, which she grieved to think of!"
Only way for Wentworth to gain enough money was capturing prizes. For him to be able to do that he would have to obtain command of a suitable vessel (preferably a frigate) and get a favorable station (in waters where capturing prizes was possible). There were many stations during Napoleonic wars where ships were running blockades and had no opportunity to engage enemy ships. To get those without connections wasn't impossible but it was mostly a matter of chance.
Additional problem. Wentworth was still only a Commander. It means that when he got his command it was most likely a smaller vessel - either a sloop or a brig.
"But, he was confident that he should soon be rich;—full of life and ardour, he knew that he should soon have a ship, and soon be on a station that would lead to every thing he wanted."
He was overtly optimistic to the point of being foolish. I don't blame Lady Russell for being sceptical.
"All his sanguine expectations, all his confidence had been justified. His genius and ardour had seemed to foresee and to command his prosperous path. He had, very soon after their engagement ceased, got employ; and all that he had told her would follow had taken place. He had distinguished himself, and early gained the other step in rank—and must now, by successive captures, have made a handsome fortune. She had only navy lists and newspapers for her authority, but she could not doubt his being rich;..."
He got his sloop in 6 months. He managed to distinguish himself enough to gain another promotion, this time to the rank of Captain. That meant better ship (finally a frigate) and more opportunities to capture prizes. "Successive captures" indicate that he was very lucky in that respect.
And this is how a penniless naval officer Mr Frederick Wentworth with no connections turned into a wealthy Navy Captain with £25.000 of prize money to his name (we will learn the sum later in the book).
Take Francis Austen, son of a Chawton rector, died in 1865 as Admiral of the Fleet Sir Francis Austen, GCB (Order of Bath in the class of Knight Grand Cross). He was appointed to GCB by Queen Victoria herself. He also got rewarded money for one of his actions by the East India Company. Can you get more imperialist than that? Anyway,
Regency scandals:Secrets and Scandals in Regency Britain by Violet Fenn
Caroline and Charlotte: Regency Scandals by Alison Plowden
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Biography by Paul Douglass
The Young Melbourne & Lord M by David Cecil
Byron in Love by Edna O'Brien
In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter Annabella Milbanke & Ada Lovelace by Miranda Seymour
The courtesan's revenge : Harriette Wilson, the woman who blackmailed the King by Frances WilsonMrs. Jordan's Profession: The Actress and the Prince by Claire Tomalin
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman
Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match by Wendy Moore
The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline by Flora Fraser
A Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings by Stella Tillyard
Perdita: The Literary, Theatrical, Scandalous Life of Mary Robinson by Paula Byrne
Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana by Janet Gleeson
High Society in the Regency Period, 1788-1830 by Venetia Murray
The Lady in Red: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal, and Divorce by Hallie Rubenhold
The Lost Queen: The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter by Anne M. Stott
The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency 1811--20 by J.B. Priestley
Prince of Pleasure: George IV and the Making of the Regency by Saul David
The Covent Garden Ladies: Pimp General Jack & The Extraordinary Story of Harris' List by Hallie Rubenhold
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton by Kate Williams
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon
Maria Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of George IV by James Munson
Queen of the Courtesans: Fanny Murray by Barbara White
Journals and Letters by Frances Burney
Aristocrats: Sarah, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832 by Stella Tillyard
Madame de Stael: The First Modern Woman by Francine du Plessix Gray
How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britain's Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate by Wendy Moore
Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess by James Chambers
Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III by Flora Fraser
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The Bachelor Duke: A Life of William Spencer Cavendish 6th Duke of Devonshire, 1790-1858 by James Lees-Milne
Harriette Wilson's Memoirs: The Greatest Courtesan of Her Age by Harriette Wilson
Dearest Bess - Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire by Dorothy Margaret Stuart
Mrs. Delany, Her Life and Her Flowers by Ruth Hayden
The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England by Elizabeth Foyster
8/8/22 bought last book Annotated Mansfield Park
2023 READATHONSJanuary: New Beginnings
February: Febregency
March: Whodunnit Vibes
April: Re-reading Madness
May: May-the-Force
June: Children's Day
July: Jane Austen July
August: Shake-up your TBR
September: Sci-fi Fever
October: Victober
November: Non-fiction November
December: Loose Ends
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Books mentioned in this topic
Mrs. Delany: Her Life and Her Flowers (other topics)Harriette Wilson's Memoirs: The Greatest Courtesan of Her Age (other topics)
The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England (other topics)
Dearest Bess - Elizabeth Duchess of Devonshire (other topics)
The Bachelor Duke: A Life of William Spencer Cavendish 6th Duke of Devonshire, 1790-1858 (other topics)
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The Life and Works of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser 3/3/22
Planned:
Kenobi by John Jackson Miller ::in progress::
Into the Void by Tim Lebbon
Novičok nebo kulka - Jak umírají Putinovi kritici by Ondřej Kundra ::in progress::
A Test of Courage by Justina Ireland
Star Wars: Rogue Planet by Greg Bear
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
Regency Etiquette: The Mirror of Graces (1811): The Mirror of Graces by A Lady of Distinction ::in progress::
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