tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post113301614754711088..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: Redcoats!Louise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133133318379501722005-11-27T23:15:00.000+00:002005-11-27T23:15:00.000+00:00Kate, I've read Nicola Cornick's The Wayward Widow...Kate, I've read Nicola Cornick's The Wayward Widow, and it's my favourite of hers. I suppose in part it's nice to read something where the gender roles are reversed and the plot of 'the rake redeemed through the love of a virtuous person' is given a very unusual turn. I also really enjoyed the characterisation, which made a 'bad' character understandable and sympathetic, and a 'good' character likeable and not insipid (and he has his prejudices too, so he's not perfect). None of the romance stereotype characters in that book, for sure. And the dramatic scenes towards the end had me on the edge of my seat/almost in tears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133119271222199452005-11-27T19:21:00.000+00:002005-11-27T19:21:00.000+00:00However, I find redcoats quite attractive it has t...However, I find redcoats quite attractive it has to be said.Kate Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425834913219662421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133119228340402772005-11-27T19:20:00.000+00:002005-11-27T19:20:00.000+00:00I hear you, Laura. The hero in Nicola Cornick's bo...I hear you, Laura. The hero in Nicola Cornick's book, Wayward Widow, is a terrifically upstanding man - you might like him. I did very much. It's the heroine who plays 'the rake' in this story.Kate Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425834913219662421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133047246141871342005-11-26T23:20:00.000+00:002005-11-26T23:20:00.000+00:00I like soldier heroes so more please! Riflemen ar...I like soldier heroes so more please! Riflemen are my first choice then redcoats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133033984528569202005-11-26T19:39:00.000+00:002005-11-26T19:39:00.000+00:00I could do with fewer of them (but not if the alte...I could do with fewer of them (but not if the alternative is to have Dukes and Earls who are members of spy rings. There are enough of them already). I'm a pacifist, so I have to try to blank out the fact that I don't like what the heroes have been doing. A romance featuring 2 Quakers would be nice, or perhaps a vicar like Henry Tilney (he's not at all preachy). It's not that I won't read about soldiers, because I will, but it's not a selling-point for me. Mind you, I'm sure that Quakers and vicars wouldn't sell very well to a market which enjoys rakes and soldier heroes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1133029025935475542005-11-26T18:17:00.000+00:002005-11-26T18:17:00.000+00:00I'm all for the soldiers, lol.My first fiction att...I'm all for the soldiers, lol.<BR/><BR/>My first fiction attempt was a War and Peace fanfic back at school - oh, how long ago. ;-) And when I restarted writing in 2001, it was knights and then Roman officers with a few tribal warriors thrown into the mix. <BR/><BR/>So, go for the redcoats.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.com