tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post7211464683267827284..comments2024-03-18T13:15:39.209+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: ROMANCE & THE DARK SHADOW OF WARLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-54702589281288484262017-04-10T16:39:10.198+01:002017-04-10T16:39:10.198+01:00I agree, The Spanish Bride is wonderful, Elizabeth...I agree, The Spanish Bride is wonderful, Elizabeth H. I found it quite difficult at times, because as you say, Heyer did not flinch from showing us the hardships involved.<br /><br />And thank you so much for the kind words about Disgrace & Desire - it is still one of my favourite books!Melinda Hammond/Sarah Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402460212860103804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-42399501933961180172017-04-10T16:16:48.353+01:002017-04-10T16:16:48.353+01:00I share your interest in military history, Sarah/M...I share your interest in military history, Sarah/Melinda. I like knowing how the system worked: who did the cooking, mending, washing, for example? We can guess the answer, of course. The women who followed the soldiers are the unsung heroines of the Napoleonic war campaigns, in my view. <br /><br />My favourite Regency novel with a war setting is probably Georgette Heyer's 'Spanish Bride', the real life love story of Captain Harry Smith and the fourteen-year-old Juana Los Dolores de Leon. Heyer gives us an unflinching view of the dusty, gritty everyday realities of camp life, the wearisome marches and the terrors of battle.<br /><br />Incidentally, I've just read your 'Disgrace and Desire' which opens with a very graphic scene of carnage after the Battle of Waterloo which pulled me into the story immediately. Terrific read. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949657441934825128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-57938618854252415392017-04-10T10:48:14.289+01:002017-04-10T10:48:14.289+01:00Thank you Elizabeth, ware is such a major part of ...Thank you Elizabeth, ware is such a major part of our history that I think it is necessary to mention it where appropriate, although it doesn't happen in every book! <br /><br />I do hope you finish your Dettingen book - that period of history is not so well known as Waterloo and deserves and outing.Melinda Hammond/Sarah Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402460212860103804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-60698050650487626012017-04-10T10:35:02.185+01:002017-04-10T10:35:02.185+01:00So interesting how you've woven war into your ...So interesting how you've woven war into your plots. I've only once written a battle and that was in a so far unpublished novel. The Battle of Dettingen in mid-18th century was a fiasco and the only reason the British won was because the French marshal made a series of errors of judgement. But the cavalry took tremendous losses as they had to stand facing cannon from across the river. My hero's particular regiment was decimated. It's a horrifying tale, but I must say I enjoyed writing it. One of these days, it might see the light of day, but it needs extensive rewriting as it was a very early book and I really didn't know what I was doing!Elizabeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407958362024218785noreply@blogger.com