tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27206644466140305362024-03-14T14:53:23.635+00:00Regency talesYou're welcome to join in my wanderings to places, people and ideasBeth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-35911010954583803812024-03-14T12:12:00.001+00:002024-03-14T14:52:50.740+00:00Take a trip to Brighton with Anna and friends<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">On </span>FREE OFFER<span style="font-weight: normal;"> this week,</span></span><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></span></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">THE RAKE'S CHALLENGE</span></h1><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rakes-Challenge-Beth-Elliott-ebook/dp/B077K221F4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2CCKBAOA4WDVO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KKfD9S7bhado4Ins6jOjadhwH-WnRlGf2hwnn6dxCeHx4YHG_81koe7F158N1A9mwAI6f1AjQmde0c24vONTolI-VLyo4sp7ZZ-RglXZlfwTojcWK8e_zFX2fag1uWpJ0DfWeQCKlnyZNZ2w-1S1mcpaBdtHo9qDGhlcwRPLuOomQFvDQctHl-xAYW1ToropLLNR_XblfeNTqQNT0aTV4FsFGqBEWGWPH5bd_AYjLXQ.hcBqfEyznbcd4hdJxGgWVt5xEhv9L6RYFZOYE3rzuV4&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Rake%27s+Challenge&qid=1710418092&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+rake%27s+challenge%2Cdigital-text%2C167&sr=1-1">The Rake's Challenge</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG2enzcLETXAFLkqKuIGr5pJTmE46DSHTXmVv4cT2pCfrBD1n8jdaGG4Clq9CNrZ0bYiD4g-ZjepPb7yEqFtKE6jXHY91iO6bf-qHBC9AWdsciXSTwzSyvK-IUlnZqsaD_UsnpVoAGzW7l5pQZHR-em5OUwqelcpHboOfavDMM-vuoaMKdA_F-9CEMpSd/s240/Rake's%20Challenge%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidG2enzcLETXAFLkqKuIGr5pJTmE46DSHTXmVv4cT2pCfrBD1n8jdaGG4Clq9CNrZ0bYiD4g-ZjepPb7yEqFtKE6jXHY91iO6bf-qHBC9AWdsciXSTwzSyvK-IUlnZqsaD_UsnpVoAGzW7l5pQZHR-em5OUwqelcpHboOfavDMM-vuoaMKdA_F-9CEMpSd/s1600/Rake's%20Challenge%20cover.png" width="152" /></a></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Lord Giles Maltravers</b>,</span><span style="color: #050505;"> the Earl of Longwood, is weary of society life, duels and even his mistress. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Miss Anna Lawrence</span></b><span style="color: #050505;">, inspired by Lord Byron’s poems, is determined to seek a life of travel and adventure. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #050505;">Both decide to flee society. They meet fleetingly in unusual circumstances, and then again in </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brighton</span></b><span style="color: #050505;">, where life takes more unusual turns for both.</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: times;"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoyVptDU7XaoQECQwpcmGwq9WJXAHOsJsXuTrskL_0tR3QZF1V2rxjMh5E_lNmSxHuPuO6Pjz36JKq1M477qtYXC2DoDNsB533vZIlnRy2rLqXTmBtDLjmfE-E3OdNSouNJ-xAZneqsjEObQLNzYIJBjpMCjnZf-_n-lp89QcTD0Sh8YdEswixN2J0TXAR" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;"><img alt="" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="306" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoyVptDU7XaoQECQwpcmGwq9WJXAHOsJsXuTrskL_0tR3QZF1V2rxjMh5E_lNmSxHuPuO6Pjz36JKq1M477qtYXC2DoDNsB533vZIlnRy2rLqXTmBtDLjmfE-E3OdNSouNJ-xAZneqsjEObQLNzYIJBjpMCjnZf-_n-lp89QcTD0Sh8YdEswixN2J0TXAR=w400-h303" width="400" /></span></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">The King's Arms Inn. Prinny's favourite drinking hole in Brighton.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #050505;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; color: #050505; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-86061175379693209552024-03-03T22:47:00.002+00:002024-03-03T22:57:17.115+00:00Thanks to Lady Catherine - A few useful Regency related sites<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> A teaparty with Lady Catherine</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> </span></h3><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">is an excellent way to make new friends and have fun, also to exchange ideas,<br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> learn about authors we haven't discovered before, <br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">and find useful websites dealing with Regency related topics.</span></span></span></h4><p> </p><p><a href="https://paulcouchman.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>https://paulcouchman.co.uk/</b></span></a> For recipes and articles that take you back in time.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/CeruleanHMC/regency-portraits-of-men-1795-1830/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>https://www.pinterest.com/CeruleanHMC/regency-portraits-of-men-1795-1830/</b></span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?search=ap&subj=290;Regency+Style+-+Women"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Regency portraits of women</b></span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> and a bit of Georgian Bling to gladden the eye</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHV5D7ESJJ3AmTgRaQkCij3hl9ilOWVAoCC2U27i0HumShrYewuJ4I7BkwaLYoBZ94ZDKgN3Ps03Hb41N9zArjUXvyOXuCBHrMnpmpSx1EZuVOktuxJR81lx1VQYzTSCj-90TU33krxpWmLJJ8TimSrEH0zeJ74Zsm15omOYNdluwHGiQYYxF3A5s7JeX/s2000/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="2000" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHV5D7ESJJ3AmTgRaQkCij3hl9ilOWVAoCC2U27i0HumShrYewuJ4I7BkwaLYoBZ94ZDKgN3Ps03Hb41N9zArjUXvyOXuCBHrMnpmpSx1EZuVOktuxJR81lx1VQYzTSCj-90TU33krxpWmLJJ8TimSrEH0zeJ74Zsm15omOYNdluwHGiQYYxF3A5s7JeX/w217-h215/image.png" width="217" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhc9Ck6n63zXO_oEeyu-1se_RlLjcsN9Thk6H-rV9h54M5ckJY2obyq1CF9VRirX55DMiy3njHNOqXNtJcvqaVKfN9c-S5Y8SH1094KnB8F767Zf5QhN1pXIRyZ2t0MF9SFnPsuCHXLzek4QkZYB9_pW-W4AOTh9FD3d_-gW8LNoxTbOZVk7dC63tmeK39/s600/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="448" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghIKfDcKIMdDWtcY2aIBiEGng9wjMMuNguHUO-2HiTYuKCL0Z06nyNGak0cAzLPHLZqSQoy-T7GUYnmH-hY_pQEgWcLyAQRO9ltFgxV9JuUumRhFF2h5sSila16MXzRLXvAL6GrA36AKKFc16T9ppgdCfQVqZLtzopL0GfTVZu1MS7ZLkos39sI9qLNBgE" width="239" /></a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-9391470073853301492024-02-25T17:04:00.003+00:002024-02-25T17:07:34.609+00:00Tea with Lady Catherine [ for those who know]<p> </p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville;"> </span><span style="font-family: Playfair Display; font-weight: normal;">You are most welcome to join me for </span></i></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">t</span><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;">ea with Lady Catherine</span></i></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Playfair Display;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">each day in the week beginning </span>Monday, 26th February</span></i></span></h4><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9bw-Q9WhvWXg7wo7Rz7datfWZiJqwwIrlhaWwlp53DfxTzJ3XMU0UBfMvbtldUzTXs5cndK3VuhXBmE9yMPn4cl_bCdMNBM13aVIphNxdTu2W6KtXw2HDQLxI9tC4x3LtWIoUhvaAmNhGXmcg_Hk_n8uU6jfxWhUKFlmD3AyStdIkIxkGCPhrogi3pfEF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="573" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9bw-Q9WhvWXg7wo7Rz7datfWZiJqwwIrlhaWwlp53DfxTzJ3XMU0UBfMvbtldUzTXs5cndK3VuhXBmE9yMPn4cl_bCdMNBM13aVIphNxdTu2W6KtXw2HDQLxI9tC4x3LtWIoUhvaAmNhGXmcg_Hk_n8uU6jfxWhUKFlmD3AyStdIkIxkGCPhrogi3pfEF=w400-h334" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-85903811139322579592024-02-16T16:10:00.003+00:002024-02-16T16:18:58.159+00:00'My River' - memories of childhood<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">MY RIVER</span></h3><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Remembering happy summer holidays in wild Wales</span></h4><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYKrEmiHVkFB3GL7BTP-ecJexI2XXpAjx8Y8cFS8uvVw-hERC8CX32J2s-xnDBrOK1eO6xReqt4JbB2zllN3hLrRnNnMYyvJz_NNOPqUJUe5yL3MF7fTp4QUQUZqvrOHtWDc3dPdN78Bo7G-GFpcxsR-KBTE42_5by_WXXZ2YIwuOJSyf9eIoAzBDTqpqL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2304" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYKrEmiHVkFB3GL7BTP-ecJexI2XXpAjx8Y8cFS8uvVw-hERC8CX32J2s-xnDBrOK1eO6xReqt4JbB2zllN3hLrRnNnMYyvJz_NNOPqUJUe5yL3MF7fTp4QUQUZqvrOHtWDc3dPdN78Bo7G-GFpcxsR-KBTE42_5by_WXXZ2YIwuOJSyf9eIoAzBDTqpqL=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Enjoy a few minutes of nostalgia as I recall those times in </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>'My River'</b><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on </span><b style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Wake Up Leo</span></b><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> 15th February on <b>BBC Radio Berkshire</b> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"> (And across quite a few counties) </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"> A variety of chats, stories and music.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"> [</span><i><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">whisper - 'My River' starts at 40 minutes in</span></b></i><span style="color: #0f1419;"> ]</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419;">- Upload at 6-8pm on 95.4 FM, 104.1 FM, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on Digital, BBC Sounds and :</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1loqt21" dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/EVHPzW0D75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" role="link" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d9bf0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-overflow: unset; white-space-collapse: preserve;" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io" color="inherit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; white-space: inherit;">https://</span>bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08<span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io" color="inherit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; white-space: inherit;">05r6w</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-lrvibr" color="inherit" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-overflow: unset; user-select: none; white-space: inherit;">…</span></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-overflow: unset;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">Repeated from 6pm on Saturday 17th February</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-overflow: unset; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://t.co/EVHPzW0D75">https://t.co/EVHPzW0D75</a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipkV6KSJ4VOKOPopgB8tVdKpyo2o1T9D8IgXPY0Yzmuq86xRvJOp1H16x6HZu3PdQX4OO8QGtzfeJQuvnRF5RYVxjUt9HzWkPL9dU1-UnNth9nt5Cr88It89xLdFu4iS3Tqa-twYNEGRCt6rks19hgTsHHWzRcz3mPcjdcx3PJMxRc4E3fNzl0oQyGHMAx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipkV6KSJ4VOKOPopgB8tVdKpyo2o1T9D8IgXPY0Yzmuq86xRvJOp1H16x6HZu3PdQX4OO8QGtzfeJQuvnRF5RYVxjUt9HzWkPL9dU1-UnNth9nt5Cr88It89xLdFu4iS3Tqa-twYNEGRCt6rks19hgTsHHWzRcz3mPcjdcx3PJMxRc4E3fNzl0oQyGHMAx" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-10200416131999374052024-01-13T23:01:00.008+00:002024-01-14T20:08:45.708+00:00"Persuasion" - The awakening of Frederick Wentworth<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrfw5M_WweX2-yB2PStOsiG4UXD51Wr328fqeuTnTDTFEZR2OoD5hsmk-MUzRTlxgR-IKi_IOoHbJdEJEFsdf537VvSVw3mo9fsKKIxrPRqqMpKjiCzMEHUIDz9M-IwnroX540d8i5sdAkcj09sKjLWbqGEQcIyNnytj-vsnDovjO6fvBxPLmzHrQ5gqPz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="550" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrfw5M_WweX2-yB2PStOsiG4UXD51Wr328fqeuTnTDTFEZR2OoD5hsmk-MUzRTlxgR-IKi_IOoHbJdEJEFsdf537VvSVw3mo9fsKKIxrPRqqMpKjiCzMEHUIDz9M-IwnroX540d8i5sdAkcj09sKjLWbqGEQcIyNnytj-vsnDovjO6fvBxPLmzHrQ5gqPz=w400-h398" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">'Persuasion' </span>- Jane Austen's tale about the stiflingly dull life of Anne Elliot, who at nineteen gave up her engagement to satisfy the strict and snobbish ideas of her class-obsessed father. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eight years later, faded and quiet, what future does she have? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The pain of what might have been is made worse when Captain Wentworth returns and she has to see him apparently falling in love with a much younger girl.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But events make Frederick Wenworth realise how much he still values and admires Anne, and suddenly, he realises he still loves her. Only - is it now too late for him?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">He pours out his feelings in a hastily scribbled letter, often considered the most romantic letter in all English literature.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTBRL7bx6uL8wALE0qKApuI0qZeuorFPAlVs0Yo9Z1pGfKjmAGbnCoQNl0fqHB_aL62IWZeVw9uK7SZXRrZrhyZRKknAYtIYRLpMy36gtnaHv7sWTwcp1hv10K0ppmYWAQjpmeaK-boV7__m-VrgWjfsT4-4hffEiNIcdc40gl5vuY3E-U5KuVrwAQdXcE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><img alt="" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="615" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTBRL7bx6uL8wALE0qKApuI0qZeuorFPAlVs0Yo9Z1pGfKjmAGbnCoQNl0fqHB_aL62IWZeVw9uK7SZXRrZrhyZRKknAYtIYRLpMy36gtnaHv7sWTwcp1hv10K0ppmYWAQjpmeaK-boV7__m-VrgWjfsT4-4hffEiNIcdc40gl5vuY3E-U5KuVrwAQdXcE=w200-h200" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W.</span></i></div></div><p></p><h1 class="quoteText" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><i>I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening or never.”</i></span><br /></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Playfair Display;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">―</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="authorOrTitle" style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">Jane Austen, </span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span id="quote_book_link_2156" style="background-color: white;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2534720" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;"><i>Persuasion</i></a> </span></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-47845755994528573102023-12-22T23:24:00.001+00:002024-02-03T20:20:01.261+00:00Tea and conversation with Lady Catherine and her guests.<h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"><i>News f</i></span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"><i>or fans of Regency set stories</i></span></h3><div><br /></div><p class="font_7 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #4f25dc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Regency Kisses - Lady Catherine's Salon....</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">...is a <span style="color: #800180;">Facebook Group</span> for readers and writers of Regency Romance, with a focus more on drama in the drawing room than in the bedroom. </span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The membership continues to grow and there is much useful discussion, and sharing of pictures and details of information about that era. </span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I look forward to acting as a <span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #800180;">Guest Hostess</span></span></span> at the Salon for a week in February 2024.</span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">Jayne Davis</span></b> and <span style="color: #800180;"><b>Gail Eastwood</b></span>, two of the group's Patronesses, have recently published a Resource for writers of stories set in the Regency era : <span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Writing Regency England.</span></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-44749095782984393572023-11-16T15:07:00.005+00:002024-01-07T21:52:35.296+00:00Audiobook of 'The Rake's Challenge', a delightful Regency Romance<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2uHV4GpTHG3R-ZNTiUngR7czuiP7Wcw9NlEeiqvS76Z7LFrtIqaZTlJGEZ6lf-tfzucQpLN8n6LgoXstR9uKTc7lhcsf53SIlHL9z3EHTQSyRUa9u50Us_F_e5wWm307thZvqkAoF7FiT8BCa93MoueGgonX52SbVsSFLXxYAv4JGMe9GCfvEtZyyxHpj" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2uHV4GpTHG3R-ZNTiUngR7czuiP7Wcw9NlEeiqvS76Z7LFrtIqaZTlJGEZ6lf-tfzucQpLN8n6LgoXstR9uKTc7lhcsf53SIlHL9z3EHTQSyRUa9u50Us_F_e5wWm307thZvqkAoF7FiT8BCa93MoueGgonX52SbVsSFLXxYAv4JGMe9GCfvEtZyyxHpj=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;">https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Book/29837/Audiobook-The-Rake-s-Challenge-Beth-Elliott</span></b></p><dt style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #6c757d; float: left; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; width: 7.5em;">Author:</dt><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><a href="https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Author/8745/Beth-Elliott" itemprop="author" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #177ee5; text-decoration-line: none;">Beth Elliott</a></dd><dt style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #6c757d; float: left; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; 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[and give that cat a bit of chicken, if it has to watch all that.]</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IbCiTbBusHsPpFoEiRarChMy6A07aad2Ei2Q3ZSNpd_KVvwBJRWgkzbeMBoO5iHrPPUjbihLxJlflB5RXGvUNofNoKSxSbTnCv-kJgaKgtZl-qyqG-OAs-D5UfN_iTlYPjySQ3SUM3Tqcv9j-9Qsa_zSEjt1s3T_Q3_S6pWBVA1-W1cIVJH0ZvYNGQlG/s1171/fussy%20editor.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1171" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IbCiTbBusHsPpFoEiRarChMy6A07aad2Ei2Q3ZSNpd_KVvwBJRWgkzbeMBoO5iHrPPUjbihLxJlflB5RXGvUNofNoKSxSbTnCv-kJgaKgtZl-qyqG-OAs-D5UfN_iTlYPjySQ3SUM3Tqcv9j-9Qsa_zSEjt1s3T_Q3_S6pWBVA1-W1cIVJH0ZvYNGQlG/w400-h246/fussy%20editor.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Me - OK Boss, [<i>hours later after</i> <i>rewriting the scene</i>] Is this better?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Editor - Wow!<i> </i>Hot stuff alright. If the cat has to sit through that, make it a bowlful of chicken.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxy4FJkqKStxCtkvDRKRA0T0EB1u1pXa6atQKUYVIcsm6Vz70xfredf2DG80KGRp9b_aWabk4mDgfdvyMDQLAJGh0vA9mxgUEUTvPkuvyWg-QfvNz5YI-3smH37PCCkNnagX5112EV8Xk9ANRsWDXksTgAoyoHt9d6aKNSyxK7B8VptYlnhpcu-xJqQ2E-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1007" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxy4FJkqKStxCtkvDRKRA0T0EB1u1pXa6atQKUYVIcsm6Vz70xfredf2DG80KGRp9b_aWabk4mDgfdvyMDQLAJGh0vA9mxgUEUTvPkuvyWg-QfvNz5YI-3smH37PCCkNnagX5112EV8Xk9ANRsWDXksTgAoyoHt9d6aKNSyxK7B8VptYlnhpcu-xJqQ2E-=w400-h286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Me - Anything you say, Ed, must keep it Paws not Claws.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-32019642292489004702023-11-11T10:56:00.000+00:002023-11-11T10:56:04.897+00:00Remembrance Day 11/ 11 / 2023<p> </p><div style="animation-name: none !important; 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Here's how to get away.<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> <span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stuck indoors by the rain ?</span></span></span></h1><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 14.875px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #050505;">Slip away into a book and enjoy some Eastern Promise and luxury living in </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Constantinople</span><span style="color: #050505;">, with handsome </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kerim Pasha,</span><span style="color: #050505;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">English Rose</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> and her Antiquarian-mad<b> </b></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Aunt Emily</b></span><span style="color: #050505;"><b>.</b> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> On FREE OFFER at present.</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/April-May-Beth-Elliott-ebook/dp/B01L27SL4Q/ref=sr_1_3?crid=340PCX0T165P5&keywords=Beth+Elliott&qid=1697971426&s=digital-text&sprefix=beth+elliott%2Cdigital-text%2C754&sr=1-3"> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b><b><span> </span>April And May</b></span></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTrvL7_Kz9fn1ek-B9fjeW9-FxOxbhuA8fxA3o3RqllwozLED7YnL5ilrnDye6u1kx5j7dZ5j60H_7k8eIkDl_A8x6xp4oPdSf4s5jRFCXaruQ7fzL4XGJoD6OQiMG5lFzqmhHCjASdbKbFhQWZt8eHXJ6jQyuvsO2_5As82Kz6ztRFLXzm3xQqYnutcVw" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-76562574946280689622023-10-14T23:03:00.000+01:002023-10-14T23:03:19.084+01:00Audiobook of 'The Rake's Challenge'<p> </p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> Audiobook version, [ produced by Audiolibrix ]</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p> <b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://t.co/nwUVv4TQzp">The Rake's Challenge</a></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMUSdMcEn0a0CapWKKMNsnHPpjzN0IxydCEQKuy2O21pwHi3F7jlUD470840cmfCnRXIBpfi8V-coB7WaojFpm-FXEjwq-VUkmfSmqdasXw_nr0_nkYmbP4q4p8wrLzR7gApPTGOXpFmXWS2IgACpASrqOhyAGu4xFC6d0pusAykSPIUwDhDYm-JdclK-l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMUSdMcEn0a0CapWKKMNsnHPpjzN0IxydCEQKuy2O21pwHi3F7jlUD470840cmfCnRXIBpfi8V-coB7WaojFpm-FXEjwq-VUkmfSmqdasXw_nr0_nkYmbP4q4p8wrLzR7gApPTGOXpFmXWS2IgACpASrqOhyAGu4xFC6d0pusAykSPIUwDhDYm-JdclK-l" width="240" /></a></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><div><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What <i>does</i> it take to challenge a Rake, one who is notorious for his gambling and duelling, as well as having his pick of exquisite women? Giles Maltravers, Earl of Longwood, has his rakish lifestyle turned upside down the day he saves Anna Lawrence from a pair of drunken young Bloods. The irony is Giles is now honour bound to protect this headstrong girl.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Inspired by a fervent devotion to the works of Lord Byron, Anna is determined to live a life of adventure, but she plunges from one disaster into another. Giles has no time left to enjoy his former pleasures, especially when the Prince Regent decides that Anna is just in his style...</span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But Anna has a secret that gives Giles his greatest challenge of all.</span></span></span></span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><dt style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #6c757d; float: left; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; width: 7.5em;">Author:</dt><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><a href="https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Author/8745/Beth-Elliott" itemprop="author" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #177ee5; text-decoration-line: none;">Beth Elliott</a></dd><dt style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #6c757d; float: left; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; width: 7.5em;">Narrators:</dt><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><a href="https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Narrator/8715/Alice-White" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #177ee5; text-decoration-line: none;">Alice White</a>, <a href="https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Narrator/9056/Synthesized-Voice-Female" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #177ee5; text-decoration-line: none;">Synthesized Voice - Female</a></dd><dt style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #6c757d; float: left; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; width: 7.5em;">Content:</dt><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;">Unabridged (<a data-target="#alx-track-list-dialog" data-toggle="modal" href="https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Book/29837/Audiobook-The-Rake-s-Challenge-Beth-Elliott#alx-track-list-dialog" style="background-color: transparent; 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font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><a href="https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Publisher/168/Lume-Books" itemprop="publisher" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #177ee5; text-decoration-line: none;">Lume Books</a> (2021)</dd><dt style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #6c757d; float: left; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; width: 7.5em;">Genre:</dt><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><a href="https://www.audiolibrix.de/en/Directory/Genre/89/romance" itemprop="genre" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #177ee5; text-decoration-line: none;">Romance</a></dd><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><br /></dd><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><br /></dd><dd style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: "Fira Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.9903px; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 7.5em;"><br /></dd></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-10075594208773224612023-08-23T22:21:00.002+01:002023-08-23T22:22:43.183+01:00Olivia's adventures [ 'Scandalous Lady' excerpt ]<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Playfair Display;"><i>Fired by a wish to travel and visit exotic lands, </i></span></b><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Playfair Display";"><b>Olivia and her former governess reach Constantinople in April 1811 </b> </i></p><div><i style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: "Playfair Display";"> </i><img alt="Related image" height="285" src="https://uploads5.wikiart.org/images/ivan-aivazovsky/dusk-on-the-golden-horn-1845.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="400" /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;">Dusk on the Golden Horn, by Ivan Aivasovsky</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two days later Olivia
stood at the ship’s rail, her excitement growing as Constantinople came into
view. The greatest city of the ancient world, capital of the mighty Ottoman
Empire, gateway between east and west, and she was actually <i>here</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>‘I feel awed,’ she told Miss Neston in a voice that was
not quite steady, ‘it’s magnificent.’ She shook her head and breathed out a
long sigh of wonder. ‘The pictures really are true. I recognise the skyline;
all those towers and domes and the tall minarets everywhere – and how green it
is, Nessie. The whole city is full of trees.’ She danced across the deck to
peer at the Asian shore, but rushed back when Miss Neston called to say they
were approaching the Golden Horn. At this point, where the Horn opened, there
was a busy floating market along the edge of the shore, noisy with men calling
their wares. A savoury smell of frying fish wafted up from some boats. Olivia
laughed and waved. ‘I wish we could taste that. My mouth is watering.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> They both stared at the many huge buildings lining the
shores, and the picturesque wooden houses whose upper storeys jutted out over
the water. It was all so different and fascinating. Olivia’s eyes misted. <i>I did it. I’m really here</i>. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scandalous-Lady-Beth-Elliott-ebook/dp/B01N9FRBQ3/ref=sr_1_5?crid=23SUQ6MIU3NU0&dchild=1&keywords=beth+elliott&qid=1612203532&s=digital-text&sprefix=Beth+e%2Cdigital-text%2C169&sr=1-5" style="clear: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="274" height="363" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1vOc1YcfqWY/YBhDAtP_pBI/AAAAAAAACgY/wU3_Zc3Vh7oU7fSVacWbhqMOkbZdeibzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h363/image.png" width="400" /></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuLYMl9KKa-gaCbMZLSaEX5ouOIu6M3EjflJV8eg6qYhkAdzmKTrlbiCnqnK_tDc3r1p1Vd4faWUrq5Bnrhlx61j9ZzITM1tKg_DLhGb-xb7DsPv-u4ozq2EDZ7unheX2X9nx0pPnLnpa9gxMBGOsB5bBTyVMVSRIZkXwmqHshI8SOBsl8tA5VpKy3rdwD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="350" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuLYMl9KKa-gaCbMZLSaEX5ouOIu6M3EjflJV8eg6qYhkAdzmKTrlbiCnqnK_tDc3r1p1Vd4faWUrq5Bnrhlx61j9ZzITM1tKg_DLhGb-xb7DsPv-u4ozq2EDZ7unheX2X9nx0pPnLnpa9gxMBGOsB5bBTyVMVSRIZkXwmqHshI8SOBsl8tA5VpKy3rdwD=w551-h356" width="551" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sea was
crowded with boats of all shapes and sizes. A forest of masts swayed where
large merchant ships were moored at the docks. Boats out on the open water had
sails that flapped wildly in the stiff wind blowing down from the Black Sea.
Small fishing boats and gondola-like rowing boats full of passengers wove their
way among the larger ships. It seemed everyone was on the move, crossing from
Europe to Asia and between north to south of the city. The sound of men shouting
mingled with the raucous screaming of the gulls wheeling overhead.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><img alt="Image result for the bosphorus strait constantinople" height="212" src="http://www.weloveist.com/wp-content/uploads/a-beautiful-art-piece-of-the-bosphorus.jpg" width="400" /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scandalous-Lady-Beth-Elliott-ebook/dp/B01N9FRBQ3?ref_=ast_author_mpb"><b>Scandalous Lady</b></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgA3-48x79cFDbu6gYTzqsovL32NquNtKLMRIjKWEZIqdM1cEdKQaSKW7LY8NwMFZzxPN7-78B8yIJF0UeOyBlAhNTquKxYNHqKBjPjg03TyShSGXvy2X0gINqTcv_oQu2X-j42P79KQ6wuClyEtrMTFaFPWtXs1m6IKmM9X5t4XaPQI8HC9EF-XjN6ItCx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgA3-48x79cFDbu6gYTzqsovL32NquNtKLMRIjKWEZIqdM1cEdKQaSKW7LY8NwMFZzxPN7-78B8yIJF0UeOyBlAhNTquKxYNHqKBjPjg03TyShSGXvy2X0gINqTcv_oQu2X-j42P79KQ6wuClyEtrMTFaFPWtXs1m6IKmM9X5t4XaPQI8HC9EF-XjN6ItCx" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-9677218130130980982023-08-17T10:42:00.001+01:002023-08-17T10:42:50.362+01:00Fancy a Free armchair trip to feel-good Romance ?<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">On Free Offer </span></span></span></h3><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> thanks to</span></b><span style="color: #0f1419;"> </span></span><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/JoffeBooks" role="link" style="border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1d9bf0; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: inherit;"><b>@JoffeBooks</b></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKakCjLAbVWssaswtwemzYK-mSKv0K50hP62K0L4fZg0AF-xozzWJh-yP5WVsbmh8oGzDMp1ggxRi9ZRJE0K8ob_WHFoPWMvLBcxNLCRtid-lwOaOZgb0Brvy8k89ffFvcsPAy2VSa21oGS9eCTyGk_CEvuWtNqkUPb449Nn8gfSKBBNf8lGmd_dW53QYS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKakCjLAbVWssaswtwemzYK-mSKv0K50hP62K0L4fZg0AF-xozzWJh-yP5WVsbmh8oGzDMp1ggxRi9ZRJE0K8ob_WHFoPWMvLBcxNLCRtid-lwOaOZgb0Brvy8k89ffFvcsPAy2VSa21oGS9eCTyGk_CEvuWtNqkUPb449Nn8gfSKBBNf8lGmd_dW53QYS" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scandalous-Lady-Beth-Elliott-ebook/dp/B01N9FRBQ3?ref_=ast_author_dp">Scandalous Lady</a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">An exciting tale of travel and adventure, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419;">and - when Ice and Fire combine - </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">romance -</span></b><span style="color: #0f1419;"> in spite of the danger to all concerned.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0f1419;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQILnyRXz-woLXcZdzq8txDsDS9UIcqCnWyqsRdAKOsbkzlJdwpmiTy8KS5KEMs-vETU83QlInFJ474n5iHU08heWACUu-GZbgXq3T-C1cz9hA-Xy_g8znX7ZHGYgiL_ZUywyq6kiGwWK3hTXtOKwj9TID93aGPc14Ms_aSX35Mou0ebfecJbW4DABIWMX/s300/osman-hamdi%20harem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="300" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQILnyRXz-woLXcZdzq8txDsDS9UIcqCnWyqsRdAKOsbkzlJdwpmiTy8KS5KEMs-vETU83QlInFJ474n5iHU08heWACUu-GZbgXq3T-C1cz9hA-Xy_g8znX7ZHGYgiL_ZUywyq6kiGwWK3hTXtOKwj9TID93aGPc14Ms_aSX35Mou0ebfecJbW4DABIWMX/w400-h189/osman-hamdi%20harem.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In the Harem by Osman Hamdi Bey</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9lIp8pkW_wB9je8wlos6j3j4MRlcH7MCN2znxrYB3pNiN6bH3-C3WwUZ4Z3zKykLZZe9-0MqTI3-EiSD5dWLd_iIXFxmedcEDcFGXFYByJhm3U4LeWD4-Aa-YsZcsfML8AAg4orXgeEZanpzOAMbAI2FBZj_PzPzabNXWs11hC6lHKOTdS4-hhdE_VZY/s204/image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="204" data-original-width="163" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9lIp8pkW_wB9je8wlos6j3j4MRlcH7MCN2znxrYB3pNiN6bH3-C3WwUZ4Z3zKykLZZe9-0MqTI3-EiSD5dWLd_iIXFxmedcEDcFGXFYByJhm3U4LeWD4-Aa-YsZcsfML8AAg4orXgeEZanpzOAMbAI2FBZj_PzPzabNXWs11hC6lHKOTdS4-hhdE_VZY/w256-h320/image.png" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lady Hester Stanhope</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-16187713513762591102023-07-14T21:51:00.002+01:002023-12-05T22:41:50.150+00:00Sometimes being strong is simply being kind....<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> One of Aesop's Fables tells of the contest between the Wind and the Sun, </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;">as to which is the more powerful.</span></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;">The winner was to be the one who could remove the traveller's cloak.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">The Wind</span></b> blew furiously to blow the traveller's cloak off, but the harder he blew, the tighter the traveller clutched his cloak round himself. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #800180;">the Sun</span></b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> began to shine. The traveller loosened his cloak. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">When the Sun beamed, the traveller took his cloak off, enjoying the warm weather.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b style="font-size: large;"> </b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Two very different families feature in </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: x-small;"><b>A Lady's Honour</b></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">, </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">the latest </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Montailhac family</b></i></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> tale. One has a member driven by ambition for higher office; so the family must always appear elegant, well mannered and united - in public, that is. Home life is sadly lacking in affection and shared interests. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The other family is ruled firmly but with genuine warmth and consideration for their needs and wishes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my version of the Aesop story, which includes adventures, pets, villains as well as wine and roses - to symbolise the French and English parts of the story</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJxwmccCRR2FfIdE_ZCEPZ1-8zrKmLEtwB3gm2HC6Adc_MFTe4Kcj3Hj_GoZIEAWn5I5thMBcWGOXhCxc1wq709qbGQ9gqv5t8Kw7w5JzU68EL2NWe0L3RVRfVtrtYaIpqVOoxwiHR6e5JWyHsudqzwLUN9AesBPm5af6JN6B8REUJYM0zdvyEdtEcfY5P" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="800" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJxwmccCRR2FfIdE_ZCEPZ1-8zrKmLEtwB3gm2HC6Adc_MFTe4Kcj3Hj_GoZIEAWn5I5thMBcWGOXhCxc1wq709qbGQ9gqv5t8Kw7w5JzU68EL2NWe0L3RVRfVtrtYaIpqVOoxwiHR6e5JWyHsudqzwLUN9AesBPm5af6JN6B8REUJYM0zdvyEdtEcfY5P" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; font-size: 14.1313px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rosa Mundi, a striped Gallica, believed to date from 12th century<br /> [photo by Libby Norman] courtesy of Wikipedia</span></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdI4MnDxfWzJZgj5p82WBfxtsRKH-ogvrZJGuw8AQxoBWG-lErKr9rkmOBZSQVGexvRnvFPxQZDwhF5N_BNbcooQmPK8x_5R8nLLDSAdj6D70EhAMBZKsiss86hWn04ygzJ-6mX8nbdxK3mDVkupJz5XJ1xNTn2c1iEMPCDy1aBCXmC91u4PIBv1vHDzzr" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img alt="" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="220" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdI4MnDxfWzJZgj5p82WBfxtsRKH-ogvrZJGuw8AQxoBWG-lErKr9rkmOBZSQVGexvRnvFPxQZDwhF5N_BNbcooQmPK8x_5R8nLLDSAdj6D70EhAMBZKsiss86hWn04ygzJ-6mX8nbdxK3mDVkupJz5XJ1xNTn2c1iEMPCDy1aBCXmC91u4PIBv1vHDzzr" width="168" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; font-size: 14.1313px; text-align: start;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Label of Grande Cuvée 1531 de Aimery, a Crémant de Limoux, <br />a sparkling wine from southwestern France, </span></i></span><i style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.1313px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">courtesy of Wikipedia</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /></h4>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-16422009190197929062023-06-03T23:31:00.005+01:002024-01-04T22:23:21.444+00:00My mystery friend revealed at last<h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #351c75;">Who ? Where? Why ?</span></h3><div><span style="color: #351c75;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcoFVcFd_XOi1y5l6RrtVfULwHfGod4enzdHCzDDdBwMM-Fdv_x_ttViUWVgvdwbugJmmVlUFTzKTgr4W4HpUd_OlxNrFpzWLkKXDL_ILJEKzoCdQvR1rTjHBnBusEFnaklAkk5oaWZjoJIR3UATvpwO9ASXj8i20vaOZpfghi6vrq8WS3BCMb8q5nA/s800/image.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcoFVcFd_XOi1y5l6RrtVfULwHfGod4enzdHCzDDdBwMM-Fdv_x_ttViUWVgvdwbugJmmVlUFTzKTgr4W4HpUd_OlxNrFpzWLkKXDL_ILJEKzoCdQvR1rTjHBnBusEFnaklAkk5oaWZjoJIR3UATvpwO9ASXj8i20vaOZpfghi6vrq8WS3BCMb8q5nA/s320/image.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[ picture courtesy of sultan-kayiklari-ile-bogaz-turu.com ]</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #351c75;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Where ?</h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The place --- </h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQIz20O8pYsl_dOTBaxRb2i5R633jcMOW00XRGt7gF1Lxw37gZAaXTFB-GJJ2tQJ0k4NoMPRVpevrU-g7Ume5syExzGkl0YRCPMbHSTFkQze2_RRnEWxrvj7Ac_nx9LMlR4WhxzOI5WLSnuP2EdEVKTFZT0FhA4npKcfUUT5d2DRUmTa0WbZqMY3I-4A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="225" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQIz20O8pYsl_dOTBaxRb2i5R633jcMOW00XRGt7gF1Lxw37gZAaXTFB-GJJ2tQJ0k4NoMPRVpevrU-g7Ume5syExzGkl0YRCPMbHSTFkQze2_RRnEWxrvj7Ac_nx9LMlR4WhxzOI5WLSnuP2EdEVKTFZT0FhA4npKcfUUT5d2DRUmTa0WbZqMY3I-4A=w400-h229" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Istanbul Naval Museum</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>[</b><i>picture courtesy of Wikipedia</i>]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> Why - ?</b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> - to see the elegant gondola-like <b>caiques</b> used by the Ottoman sultans. These lavishly ornamented boats were the favoured means of transport for travelling into the main city. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_e9fFmV4gUtNF7Yi_CjpfOtLAX2pipO8zFzFWdHG7FozYqT9n-dmHynrs5oKfhkXoUt_CAfUuoR4cerVUOy78R8w2SADl1Ht-jDoPTf1Uj5sQtMHRI7hbly1lvQKjVLvGv2gUsoVYCIO9w4Xerr4HwFtezy7jxfOJoS5ZuEcm5kP4GxQp45CaH7FGqg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3696" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_e9fFmV4gUtNF7Yi_CjpfOtLAX2pipO8zFzFWdHG7FozYqT9n-dmHynrs5oKfhkXoUt_CAfUuoR4cerVUOy78R8w2SADl1Ht-jDoPTf1Uj5sQtMHRI7hbly1lvQKjVLvGv2gUsoVYCIO9w4Xerr4HwFtezy7jxfOJoS5ZuEcm5kP4GxQp45CaH7FGqg=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> A few imperial caiques</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>[</b><i>picure </i><span style="text-align: left;"><i>By CeeGee - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,]</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">When the Court went on a visit from one palace to another, the spectacle of a flotilla of these caiques gliding along in procession was breath-taking, </span><span style="text-align: left;">according to a 17th Century French Ambassador.</span><b style="text-align: left;"> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ma7OofLtJsRPDgsj8ZP1VGzZZWYkuUOvTCMg3LEYg1TJ5I4YCNW3h6f0Uo8FP51WHroYHw6fN7WFbC2FpKFI6xDhy-7cUG-UDR0CwX5cxtPAFeGCZpGycmziWJF7hJCOpBtrK3YJysqCzlbCXUksOUVDYnLEfprDEmlAXf6rRo4HGk5NiUhOFMjvAw/s800/Ciragan_Palace_1840%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="800" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ma7OofLtJsRPDgsj8ZP1VGzZZWYkuUOvTCMg3LEYg1TJ5I4YCNW3h6f0Uo8FP51WHroYHw6fN7WFbC2FpKFI6xDhy-7cUG-UDR0CwX5cxtPAFeGCZpGycmziWJF7hJCOpBtrK3YJysqCzlbCXUksOUVDYnLEfprDEmlAXf6rRo4HGk5NiUhOFMjvAw/w400-h239/Ciragan_Palace_1840%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></b><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b> Who ? </b></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"> He was impressive in his uniform, and his sash made me smile.</b></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> -</span> the Sultan's chief Boat Master</b></h3></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvouvl0GEAHgkxh_HM0flmss7PonlbVCpgCIZtvGEUUAD9yg1l5Vb9_UdZefDBf76RLPWNFqezAHL8-Yqq2YqhlISUYKByHoKiPi783i18fc5nUuO5tZPc7c3RHKZGAvDzNdD_3ettNYktaq2IfWeL-QLwhLaqjXMOK7pZCsJfLigUV318vC286gWYnA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="1747" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvouvl0GEAHgkxh_HM0flmss7PonlbVCpgCIZtvGEUUAD9yg1l5Vb9_UdZefDBf76RLPWNFqezAHL8-Yqq2YqhlISUYKByHoKiPi783i18fc5nUuO5tZPc7c3RHKZGAvDzNdD_3ettNYktaq2IfWeL-QLwhLaqjXMOK7pZCsJfLigUV318vC286gWYnA=w384-h400" width="384" /></a></div><br /><br /></b></div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i> For more pictures see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Naval_Museum"><b>Istanbul_Naval_Museum</b></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div></span></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-59369844054569401312023-05-01T22:36:00.004+01:002023-05-02T21:56:44.153+01:00Author Interview with The Bookshelf Cafe News<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj-6jVDVT5-Vr-5ZKCC3xuCQwUATO19iCqemOCJaCzswOIpytkfubvSXeIYcevvi2xbs1Smx68nKyetW7e1rewBjlGiIGT8R34cdvPASNAj7w2lTIDGxYimyyGAYILMkSyiHQb2BeP33YHfmG7ZmjrE3iaLkteivD6ZQ3JhP8CEwpAeYQYl9a9XtxPdw"><img alt="" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="2560" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj-6jVDVT5-Vr-5ZKCC3xuCQwUATO19iCqemOCJaCzswOIpytkfubvSXeIYcevvi2xbs1Smx68nKyetW7e1rewBjlGiIGT8R34cdvPASNAj7w2lTIDGxYimyyGAYILMkSyiHQb2BeP33YHfmG7ZmjrE3iaLkteivD6ZQ3JhP8CEwpAeYQYl9a9XtxPdw=w640-h66" width="640" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">is a splendid resource for readers and writers. </span></div><span style="color: #38761d;"><div style="text-align: center;">It offers a Daily Dose of news via Twitter and Instagram</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">http://www.thebookshelfcafe.news/</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">and also invites authors for an interview. Here is mine -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWxWbyB7R39ntu4DhUi9WJQUGXCOrbg0hQXYPt2RD6_V_Y_juBTFyTcESbHHuYcu6_NAohAi01dFCMSL_cBZ-UQxSPCfUpK1DCEfSb-G8ofrAKUKDS21sVJ0bhu3tEnVUXR-VgZ48t2VEXnzTiBpl3ymMmG1_5M4eTV7bSIxom0bgH4_agWTogtZp8WQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="253" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWxWbyB7R39ntu4DhUi9WJQUGXCOrbg0hQXYPt2RD6_V_Y_juBTFyTcESbHHuYcu6_NAohAi01dFCMSL_cBZ-UQxSPCfUpK1DCEfSb-G8ofrAKUKDS21sVJ0bhu3tEnVUXR-VgZ48t2VEXnzTiBpl3ymMmG1_5M4eTV7bSIxom0bgH4_agWTogtZp8WQ" width="151" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx1wLTRLY7ga4NkGvISEnOr_gqEFlUMglRPep4geB85bnaXlcVhqIM2tCrWJesZN8iu-IZO1FtsIC45QmdA7dUW3qvv3LaSvwffwT3UZLhWjeY93SX7kW5K5pqh6LwbDIjv66rwu8FMUYq7wh2zvdlZjcEuNrbmgQrz3w7BxR-DWEE70J8YbuBnsjsdA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="247" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx1wLTRLY7ga4NkGvISEnOr_gqEFlUMglRPep4geB85bnaXlcVhqIM2tCrWJesZN8iu-IZO1FtsIC45QmdA7dUW3qvv3LaSvwffwT3UZLhWjeY93SX7kW5K5pqh6LwbDIjv66rwu8FMUYq7wh2zvdlZjcEuNrbmgQrz3w7BxR-DWEE70J8YbuBnsjsdA" width="151" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></span></div></span></h4><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">How long have you been writing or when did you start?</span><span style="color: #555555;"> </span></span></p><h4><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">As a very small child I was fascinated by the little black marks on pages and how my parents could read me stories from those signs. How I longed to understand those marks for myself. I would hold a book open, look at a picture on the page and ‘read’ aloud the story that it inspired. Once I could read, I devoured any and every book I could lay my hands on. When the story finished too soon for my satisfaction, I added more to it. That’s where my writing began, and my motivation is still to create a story that is complete and satisfying.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">What comes first for you — the plot or the characters — and why?</span><span style="color: #555555;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Inspiration usually starts from a picture of a person, or maybe from an interesting looking fellow passenger on a train or plane journey. For example, in an Airline magazine I spotted an advert for a black leather jacket. The model had such a moody expression, such an arrogant pose, that he sprang to life and I could see several episodes of his adventures. As I wiggled my way into his mind, his aims, abilities and of course, his faults and weaknesses become clear. Then his family, friends, enemies, and so on develop. These other people also tend to come from pictures, and their expressions and attitudes tell me their characters. By now they are all real people to me and the plot tends to develop as they dictate, rather than what I want them to do.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">Where do you get your information or ideas for your books? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">All my life I’ve been a voracious reader, mainly of any story or textbook about past ages and long ago travel and events. My grandparents had plenty of tales about their young lives, which gave me information about customs and activities from the past. Studying French and Italian meant reading books from medieval to modern times in both languages, and then life in Turkey added another dimension to my experiences, as my husband was a great traveller, and both the history and geography of that land is vast and diverse. Along the way I observed people, places, climate, customs and food. It’s a rather large reservoir to help with thinking up a story. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">How do you develop your plot and characters? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Once the main characters come forward and I can see scenes from their story, I work out what their urgent problems are and how they can try to solve them. This brings in antagonists, difficulties of character, family situation, ambition and the growing number and type of obstacles they must battle. Also the time they are living in, the events of that period, the general rules of behaviour, costume, transport and so on, all need noting carefully and adding to the complications of the plot. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #555555;">As an example, </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Rake and His Honour</span></em><span style="color: #555555;"> involved checking information about the Huguenots in London, silversmithing, smallpox, coaching routes and their stages for changing horses, the life of the French King and his Court in exile at Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire, to name a few items on my list. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">Do you have any suggestions to help me become a better writer? If so, what are they? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">A most important rule is to ‘cut, cut, cut.’ It takes a writer time and practice to learn how to express ideas clearly but concisely, by choosing an effective noun or verb, rather than through a longer description or by adding an adverb to a weak verb. Journalists who have to produce an article in a set total of words, quickly learn to convey ideas and information in an economical manner. Sometimes a story really improves after the writer removes passages they took great pains over, but which merely drag a scene out. It’s the rule of ‘kill your darlings.’ It hurts but usually by trimming the text, the story gains tension and becomes more vivid. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">How do you come up with character names for your stories? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">For my Regency Tales, I use the names of Georgian era writers and poets. Also, Jane Austen’s family is a good source of suitable names for that period. My main characters have fairly classic names, I keep a few outrageous ones for the people I don’t like. It’s also necessary to consider religion, to have suitable names for Catholic or Huguenot characters. All titled names need to be checked via Google to be sure there is no living peer of that name. As for my Turkish characters, I search Google for the names of Sultans of the period and choose from the list of their children’s names. And for the French characters, as my de Montailhac family is based in the very south-west, I went round several graveyards in the region to find local names from that period. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #800180;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Have you ever traveled as research for your book? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Travel is essential for accuracy, whether it’s knowing how long it takes to walk from Sydney Place to the Pump Room in Bath, from Grosvenor Square to the St Giles Rookery in London, or to make an accurate description of the layout of the rooms in the Sultan’s little summer palace on the Golden Horn in Constantinople [Istanbul]. In fact, I enjoy travelling, and bring it into my stories a lot, together with a range of different nationalities, appropriate to the time in which I set my novels. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">How many books have you written? Which is your favorite? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">I’ve written ten books, of which six have been published, and two are out seeking a publisher. Two more are still getting some adjustments. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #555555;">My published novels are all set in the wider Regency period, but three stories take place at least partly outside England. I draw on my years living in France and Turkey to add a slight exotic flavour. In </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Scandalous Lady</span><span style="color: #555555;">, </span></em><span style="color: #555555;">Olivia craves travel and adventure, like her role model, Lady Hester Stanhope, who she meets in Constantinople [Istanbul]. Writing a real life person into a novel means doing careful research to be faithful to her real character. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #555555;">The hero of </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scandalous Lady</em>,</span><span style="color: #555555;"> surprised me by revealing [in Chapter 7] that he had two brothers and two sisters. Once I got over the shock, I brought in his next brother in a minor role, and then gave him his own story in </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Rake and his Honour</span></em><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-weight: bolder;">.</span><span style="color: #555555;"> He is Arnaut, the middle son, desperate to find a worthwhile role in life and not altogether pleased that girls are helplessly attracted to him. Arnaut is my favourite character, he’s an ardent soul, all action and sensation and with devastating charm. I’ve obviously succumbed to that charm because I brought him into his younger brother’s story as well. So three stories are linked because they are about the Montailhac brothers. One is a diplomat, one finds a role as an anti-Napoleonic agent and one is a farmer. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">What, to you, are the most important elements of good writing? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Good plain writing is what I prefer, simple sentences that flow so smoothly you barely notice the words, only the effect they have on you. If you are immersed in the story, then the writing is doing its job. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="color: #800180;">How do you celebrate when you finish your book? </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px;">Oh, it’s never a celebration when I finish writing a book. It means parting from one of my other families, as sad an event as at the end of my annual visit to family and friends in Turkey. Goodbyes are hard. At least the book is there so I can spend a little time with these people again. In any case, I revise a lot, which delays the parting. To be honest, someone really needs to show me how to let go. </p></div></span><span style="color: #38761d; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQCH8l2QsVAML5Xj6SxSSuUCPCvH47q0RYAVd_y2H9nyo1wViJyV0QVZjp1uEVXtO5MgOdSvCv72-35KIBVbAuW1adOfEQacwtLTVcbwVc0waXf5AX5flDvWwT_-VhnWRwJWrki3vX6WYn-2x8dgj9NRilCqFEz_EGrsQqgqrc2kuYv0L1XbER8vAaXg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3264" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQCH8l2QsVAML5Xj6SxSSuUCPCvH47q0RYAVd_y2H9nyo1wViJyV0QVZjp1uEVXtO5MgOdSvCv72-35KIBVbAuW1adOfEQacwtLTVcbwVc0waXf5AX5flDvWwT_-VhnWRwJWrki3vX6WYn-2x8dgj9NRilCqFEz_EGrsQqgqrc2kuYv0L1XbER8vAaXg=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></h4>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-6918683844341358062023-03-21T00:07:00.002+00:002024-03-09T23:55:10.327+00:00My girls and where they go<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> When the author likes travelling, she takes her girls along</span></h3><div><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">London</span></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Kitty</b> </span><span>travels from Cheshire down to London most unwillingly. Who wants to stay with a great-aunt they've never met? But London turns out to be exciting and dangerous. And the great-aunt has a trick or two up her sleeve. And <span style="color: #800180;"><b>Grosvenor Square</b></span> is an impressive place to </span>stay in.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMrGU32GUJzIrjN2xHmmVdLcV1j9qefdyCeXa5-2vHTgW5XjIRxsklU3nYfFDXKBbnRNpVSzW7r_ALxf-RuBtB2_w7oMY57ophyLweVJAxu9nUEvdxp4J5JaIeEwevod1Pt26RpSXG1EONeeR7kJwkXOwRl-q3wUw-0HhifdjR6ta1OahOZemdCwfXoQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="300" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMrGU32GUJzIrjN2xHmmVdLcV1j9qefdyCeXa5-2vHTgW5XjIRxsklU3nYfFDXKBbnRNpVSzW7r_ALxf-RuBtB2_w7oMY57ophyLweVJAxu9nUEvdxp4J5JaIeEwevod1Pt26RpSXG1EONeeR7kJwkXOwRl-q3wUw-0HhifdjR6ta1OahOZemdCwfXoQ=w400-h308" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B087X5WP65/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5"><b>The Wild Card</b></a></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bath</span></b></div><div><b style="color: #800180;">Sarah </b>stays in Bath with her friend Lizzie, whose uncle has gout. In fact most of the people in this story are invalids of various sorts, but all miraculously cured by the end of it [except for the evil villain, of course.]</div><div><img alt="" border="0" height="246" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310616472036054802" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_htEcu2DhWJo/SbMZi2IMFxI/AAAAAAAAAC4/PduN-E_04qk/w323-h246/787px-Royal.crescent.aerial.bath.arp%5B1%5D.jpg" style="color: #0000ee; cursor: hand; display: block; height: 305px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="323" /></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B087V3P7W8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2"><b>In All Honour</b></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Brighton</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Anna </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">ends up in Brighton, finds a group of friends and enjoys all the pleasures of a seaside holiday. There are some rather unsavoury undercurrents but in the end all turns out splendidly. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_htEcu2DhWJo/S0yd4UMl5UI/AAAAAAAAAJI/RNNQ_P47AyU/s1600-h/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne030.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="300" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425885241894364482" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_htEcu2DhWJo/S0yd4UMl5UI/AAAAAAAAAJI/RNNQ_P47AyU/w400-h300/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne030.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 240px; width: 320px;" width="400" /></a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077K221F4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3"><b>The Rake's Challenge</b></a></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia;">SOME OF THE GIRLS GO FURTHER AFIELD</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;">Constantinople</span></b><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> [now Istanbul]</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Olivia, too scandalous to remain in polite society, joins her brother in Constantinople. She falls in love with the place and the way of life there, but, as always, where Olivia goes, trouble soon follows.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnC_-fWG_kq4GSDzFQDsLHeAFAu24U1yXopVtzAAJIzdGBYvSaPFBJymhUVenyYkn23tfTR2gEBBLjrTn7Vh0uVuaT6Ct5oecxGfFtSJN-a9-6uXMPvOrJtF5mejWH6hE1twvZaB2XKSSn4ZDPGfAzznky7UBxIx6WUrkC4Nx_185uBJtdY4wbVbD-3Q" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="537" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnC_-fWG_kq4GSDzFQDsLHeAFAu24U1yXopVtzAAJIzdGBYvSaPFBJymhUVenyYkn23tfTR2gEBBLjrTn7Vh0uVuaT6Ct5oecxGfFtSJN-a9-6uXMPvOrJtF5mejWH6hE1twvZaB2XKSSn4ZDPGfAzznky7UBxIx6WUrkC4Nx_185uBJtdY4wbVbD-3Q" width="242" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N9FRBQ3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1"><b>Scandalous Lady</b></a></div><div><br /></div><div>[<i>There are similarities between Prinny's Brighton Pavilion and the Sultan's summer palace.</i>..]</div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;">Ax-les-Thermes - London -</span></b><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;">Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-weight: bold;">Louise </span>gets drawn into a quest that takes her from London to the Pyrenees<b>, </b>back home then to the French King in exile at Hartwell House, and back to France, pursued all the way by Napoleon's ruthless agents.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MZE95DR/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4">The Rake and His Honour</a> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqzjgO9LQ-_eUtfYfeip4h4iV_rNg3PSS7sskNwdq5WLnhfiMbX1-ICXl9PDJIg9gjYVrNLeKRu0tWSXh-zxgsr3yWsWMpavNer0rmOMcV5qG5EqtEfOhz7nR_RmTGboJoGpcuhR7yki3o1Kde9mEEXBjRyyBr6B9YVYDw5MF9PAS2u5A8KzBguipQOA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqzjgO9LQ-_eUtfYfeip4h4iV_rNg3PSS7sskNwdq5WLnhfiMbX1-ICXl9PDJIg9gjYVrNLeKRu0tWSXh-zxgsr3yWsWMpavNer0rmOMcV5qG5EqtEfOhz7nR_RmTGboJoGpcuhR7yki3o1Kde9mEEXBjRyyBr6B9YVYDw5MF9PAS2u5A8KzBguipQOA" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Thermal Baths, Ax-les-Thermes</span></i></div><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;">London -</span></b><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> Constantinople</span></b><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> [now Istanbul]</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Rose</span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">is NOT really keen on travel and adventure, but she makes the best of matters. Getting drawn into a highly dangerous plot is hard enough, but when the Sultan's powerful chief minister falls for her, however will she extricate herself from this oh so delicate situation....?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #800180; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01L27SL4Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 ">April and May</a><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #800180; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmje-CRgL9CeRZZP9zekDQsZdEXLaVk4iMpD3dC_xWXbfoe94LyGEE1h6TffC2cRvuNKOtubd4ksSM-iSfV1iTVS2CkEa2geY1jGocg0FcT0Sg0riihZkGsLsE5RG5fOyo6zBLM326dZExkQprU_0tqX8TkmGLA-doVxs0S2Ot1BNow3j-9EWPp6PFFA" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="516" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmje-CRgL9CeRZZP9zekDQsZdEXLaVk4iMpD3dC_xWXbfoe94LyGEE1h6TffC2cRvuNKOtubd4ksSM-iSfV1iTVS2CkEa2geY1jGocg0FcT0Sg0riihZkGsLsE5RG5fOyo6zBLM326dZExkQprU_0tqX8TkmGLA-doVxs0S2Ot1BNow3j-9EWPp6PFFA=w264-h400" width="264" /></a></div><b style="color: #800180; font-size: large;"> </b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-small;"><i>Toilette in the harem by Osman Hamdi Bey</i></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-48499333125787787132023-02-12T23:09:00.007+00:002023-02-13T22:53:14.391+00:00My girls<h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #800180; text-align: center;">Another writer complained recently that 'Regency heroines </span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;">only have music and embroidery as hobbies'. </span></b></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">So of course, my girls want to speak up in their own defence</span>.</b></h3><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kitty</span> </b>from Cheshire. 'Mama insisted I learn to play the pianoforte and to sing. I enjoy sewing, and I ride but my main interest is helping in the local hospital. Poor folk deserve help when they are ill.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sarah</span></b> from Wiltshire. 'I was taught to play and I can sing reasonably well. It takes most of my time to run the estate for my brother, but he gambles all the money away. Whenever possible, I enjoy reading novels.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguePoM-sdduUVQcxWlYzDUksJ1e8R2wVBfn69TU7WV9Gu7E60wmJkA-XiEaNXJQQKjeisCctG9IWjiZobudeTu8gp65YIHO-BWNCRzfSAHFuYpLzIE9YLYAYtLV6K7hz6wf4M0eJeX8H33IKwLf2Yc-E5gYd79j7uGfpo4qsIUht4Uz7gWP-S2OGONzg/s391/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="246" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguePoM-sdduUVQcxWlYzDUksJ1e8R2wVBfn69TU7WV9Gu7E60wmJkA-XiEaNXJQQKjeisCctG9IWjiZobudeTu8gp65YIHO-BWNCRzfSAHFuYpLzIE9YLYAYtLV6K7hz6wf4M0eJeX8H33IKwLf2Yc-E5gYd79j7uGfpo4qsIUht4Uz7gWP-S2OGONzg/w126-h200/image.png" width="126" /></a></div></span><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kitty</span></i></b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcDHF1g3JVRclnQJyHdrLUhzWN_8O6j25Qvs3BjezEq0Qxz6SK0DeRynLrJ3dVfPg3zmMX9c3ZSlfeEjzR6SUWcZOyr46ry16vnpwvwAYSjtxO2Mu23daSnVKKEagZAHSeURCGFglimlo2evMu9olOu-kVPoj_nRxzY2X0lceE9G_BR1uM7LIInPgoA/s405/image.png" style="clear: right; font-family: georgia; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="254" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcDHF1g3JVRclnQJyHdrLUhzWN_8O6j25Qvs3BjezEq0Qxz6SK0DeRynLrJ3dVfPg3zmMX9c3ZSlfeEjzR6SUWcZOyr46ry16vnpwvwAYSjtxO2Mu23daSnVKKEagZAHSeURCGFglimlo2evMu9olOu-kVPoj_nRxzY2X0lceE9G_BR1uM7LIInPgoA/w126-h200/image.png" width="126" /></a> <b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sarah</span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rose</span></b> from Berkshire. 'I went to the Abbey School in Reading. My main talent is drawing, and it helps me earn enough to be independent. Unfortunately, it also drew me into a highly dangerous plot.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anna</span></b> from Hampshire. 'When dearest papa died, mama remarried. Then I was sent to school in Bath until I was past 19 years of age. I can play the pianoforte and I have a good reading voice. My friends and I have sworn to live a life of adventure like Lord Byron's Childe Harold. So I am setting off to fulfill my first quest NOW.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED0HBVXxzUK_Z1FVlbpVzGSM8NzItbrVCFa0buP2G843QvMpHgfZNeJGNNRxamzYI065nefRCrlkk3uIXZwdWFgoBd6Ib5ZqU0Yqcx4v0mDZpal__0WVDLCLMyTAuaLLLL_ZcdnxTV62NvXFEn1FOz3f372R1173tcNNpvFxE35yMA1_BqLeT0e5MSA/w125-h200/April%20and%20May.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="125" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rose </span></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnQ-Yi3ffpAdqNQeIcGoPvWWeKq2PNpjw3y_NrCr4gulTLjKaOR1imZPyhTKNMB28nuR-Zo1WGRi7qsESQhWJ6OGVKyjhzsOjE9jvlOQbRexD3qQJuvQv25PrIiUflMkdSo1HDGatjOEnNxS60byk8g8AI5wZ7XheSOgB0VIJVRFV1OQZ6AISnDu-Zg/s240/Rake's%20Challenge%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="152" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnQ-Yi3ffpAdqNQeIcGoPvWWeKq2PNpjw3y_NrCr4gulTLjKaOR1imZPyhTKNMB28nuR-Zo1WGRi7qsESQhWJ6OGVKyjhzsOjE9jvlOQbRexD3qQJuvQv25PrIiUflMkdSo1HDGatjOEnNxS60byk8g8AI5wZ7XheSOgB0VIJVRFV1OQZ6AISnDu-Zg/w127-h200/Rake's%20Challenge%20cover.png" width="127" /></a> <i><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Anna</span></b></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgED0HBVXxzUK_Z1FVlbpVzGSM8NzItbrVCFa0buP2G843QvMpHgfZNeJGNNRxamzYI065nefRCrlkk3uIXZwdWFgoBd6Ib5ZqU0Yqcx4v0mDZpal__0WVDLCLMyTAuaLLLL_ZcdnxTV62NvXFEn1FOz3f372R1173tcNNpvFxE35yMA1_BqLeT0e5MSA/s1600/April%20and%20May.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <span style="text-align: left;"> </span> </a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Olivia</span></b> from Gloucestershire. 'Well, I <i>can</i> play the pianoforte if I have to. I prefer to listen to other people's playing. I draw well enough for my brother to want my sketches of the ancient buildings he loves to explore, and I can run an estate. I adore riding and I am a crack shot. Most of all I want to travel to exotic lands.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Louise</span></b> from London. 'My family are Huguenots. We work as silversmiths and I design jewellery. I used to enjoy riding before we moved into town. Of course I can sew, mending garments and making new ones is an essential skill, like it or not.'</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXhTUd71x7fnb_I_xXoFT1JIppJV5FtHPZ0YgpzRbYiZcy6XQvOZOoKFO4KdCJ--_fLg3SHzdCXPt0B9Ug6lgdTC8BdstsmdfMmhZ7pKjhb_HJu2gQtlC3W9_1agl67IkHarcsEL1UlJoX2236WC9WYo_2NNrVFyo4WVSarxjCMDW7Rma-CEdyaYQBg/s245/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="161" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXhTUd71x7fnb_I_xXoFT1JIppJV5FtHPZ0YgpzRbYiZcy6XQvOZOoKFO4KdCJ--_fLg3SHzdCXPt0B9Ug6lgdTC8BdstsmdfMmhZ7pKjhb_HJu2gQtlC3W9_1agl67IkHarcsEL1UlJoX2236WC9WYo_2NNrVFyo4WVSarxjCMDW7Rma-CEdyaYQBg/w131-h200/image.png" width="131" /></a></div><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Olivia </span></i></b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHI3taBGdPG89eC9QTbDM3Ogej1syVTVhVqZCDuQWqqWqyuXfyh6uiTXJ84uG1_a_6JaBDDwTgY2WAA4dIzE-P6IvBFFUVrXFp80cECIZfUYBAVoKAmjWe8yoLrv6jYXcDZ8jezF-9bG3nmg9ek6FH-YU24GVw9iCh6iwTLFaT51OdReQdafndJOdUA/s218/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="136" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfHI3taBGdPG89eC9QTbDM3Ogej1syVTVhVqZCDuQWqqWqyuXfyh6uiTXJ84uG1_a_6JaBDDwTgY2WAA4dIzE-P6IvBFFUVrXFp80cECIZfUYBAVoKAmjWe8yoLrv6jYXcDZ8jezF-9bG3nmg9ek6FH-YU24GVw9iCh6iwTLFaT51OdReQdafndJOdUA/w125-h200/image.png" width="125" /></a> <b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Louise</span></i></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div>And then there's <b>Nell</b>, but her father has locked her in her room so she can't run away....</div><div><br /></div><div>and what about <b><span style="color: #351c75;">Sonya,</span></b> desperate to lead a raid against the Turkish scouts invading Hungary?</div><div><br /></div><div>Yet they can sew and play an instrument, among other skills and interests.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know about <b><span style="color: #351c75;">Lucinda</span></b> yet, she hasn't told me so far.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-13006996353776610952023-01-26T21:08:00.001+00:002023-01-30T17:21:10.289+00:00Book and Bag<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My Book and my Bag</span></h4><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikG7PG2upNCVOAsewMYhLq1fO5oOkwKXvE73_m3EiqHLlpTNALK-GBqIa46Yv8OXIrvulEqtekOseTd_6vgEelpP6mYm7SPZWyB1zlYelPEbpVQL83YfZJVsZDc1YFIqOEYUlLs9zApeFqgegaVWtW5RFSvBeV-z50lzzsU_9kk-qN446FJk7-7CW7LQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="1355" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikG7PG2upNCVOAsewMYhLq1fO5oOkwKXvE73_m3EiqHLlpTNALK-GBqIa46Yv8OXIrvulEqtekOseTd_6vgEelpP6mYm7SPZWyB1zlYelPEbpVQL83YfZJVsZDc1YFIqOEYUlLs9zApeFqgegaVWtW5RFSvBeV-z50lzzsU_9kk-qN446FJk7-7CW7LQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"> <b> Two passions that have stayed with me through the long years.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><b> And now I write books as well as read them...</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><b> ... and always have a proper book in my bag for any spare moment.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></span></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-16203510704205237962023-01-13T12:50:00.000+00:002023-01-13T12:50:00.904+00:00An old tradition, another New Year's Day.<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Why do the people of Cwm Gwaun in South Wales celebrate the New Year on 13th January? </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgSGeAw4DcregqWKTgSKxaKc5tSmNThfOXkYkyrIb_yvuqDtDA80ljsM5FPhRi2AmE92GT2RzK18N79BIfubR-hY2s_RzM73az_fxLBOcwq2CHZUz60DQv7KQ3IwC_vh03_X2G8ZK4cirA2TRtFBRuMs3GQ8-lqXbDwbP1_NsKNiFgWZb_jIB7NeTgZw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgSGeAw4DcregqWKTgSKxaKc5tSmNThfOXkYkyrIb_yvuqDtDA80ljsM5FPhRi2AmE92GT2RzK18N79BIfubR-hY2s_RzM73az_fxLBOcwq2CHZUz60DQv7KQ3IwC_vh03_X2G8ZK4cirA2TRtFBRuMs3GQ8-lqXbDwbP1_NsKNiFgWZb_jIB7NeTgZw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Village of Cwm Gwaun [courtesy of Wikipedia]</i></span></div></span><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In </span>1752<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Britain changed the calendar to come into line with the rest of Europe. </span><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;">Eleven days were lost and from that time the New Year began on 1st January.</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">But in<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b> Cwm Gwaun</b> </span>they have maintained their New Year celebration according to the old calendar.</span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The video below shows how the villagers, especially the children, enjoy this tradition.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://youtu.be/qoHL5U5Fxsg">Hen Galan [New Year]</a> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">**</span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"> [ ** credit to creator = https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/hen-galan# ]</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: robotoregular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! (Happy New Year!)</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: robotoregular, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></b></span></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-79032919104172858292022-12-27T23:13:00.001+00:002022-12-27T23:13:43.155+00:00An armchair escape into a time of danger and intrigue - on Free Offer for this week.<h4 style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"> </i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rake-his-Honour-Beth-Elliott-ebook/dp/B01MZE95DR?ref_=ast_sto_dp" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rake and his Honour</span></a></h4><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiot_Nmnk0FfGrtGeetU5K058YreJU2sUZ_66wdlDTrfwoI7avJjGlD2gjjXbhI9-99oTuIxWvLn7Drf66pP9QqUQWnTJAwp6nYqDdtpuFKdaMRBi6hwekaU4SLYKuQhXaeBL6hIbnPKXyKyFSGrZ6IYItuotGrAtKcvvBNwPagAnb21dvPv9I6pAtA/s285/1486337131661-168571803_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="180" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiot_Nmnk0FfGrtGeetU5K058YreJU2sUZ_66wdlDTrfwoI7avJjGlD2gjjXbhI9-99oTuIxWvLn7Drf66pP9QqUQWnTJAwp6nYqDdtpuFKdaMRBi6hwekaU4SLYKuQhXaeBL6hIbnPKXyKyFSGrZ6IYItuotGrAtKcvvBNwPagAnb21dvPv9I6pAtA/s1600/1486337131661-168571803_resized.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">FRANCE Summer 1813....</span><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">a time of uncertainty and intrigue. Napoleon clings on to power, but a revolt is brewing. D</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-align: center;">isciplined
Louise Fauriel and easy-going rake Arnaut de Montailhac are an unlikely pair, linked by the need to smuggle letters</span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: center;">that can change the course of France’s future. With
Napoleon’s vengeful agents never more than one step behind, there’s no time for
love in the desperate race to succeed in their mission.</span></span></h4><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">From the lakes and mountains of the <span style="color: #2b00fe;">French Pyrenees </span></span></span></h4><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTvSvVp3rMwUfCUP7RWiYIfZ0xkyyaHYkfum4gHtbT2kSmG9xBly5GUCS4GcBD-tlm7q43IXZpyg8hVC3xktyj_t0e8uvw5NgFzQV8XIy06UuYwTtqbX2IN4b_MOCDqCXILuQP0XNKo21TedqjGqbyxw7oWXORIOe-Sw8mxXV3Sui_QibrR9Y_hTYRg/s3648/IMG_5420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTvSvVp3rMwUfCUP7RWiYIfZ0xkyyaHYkfum4gHtbT2kSmG9xBly5GUCS4GcBD-tlm7q43IXZpyg8hVC3xktyj_t0e8uvw5NgFzQV8XIy06UuYwTtqbX2IN4b_MOCDqCXILuQP0XNKo21TedqjGqbyxw7oWXORIOe-Sw8mxXV3Sui_QibrR9Y_hTYRg/s320/IMG_5420.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></h4><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">to</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> London </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFoVPcJ22RMrDjFG4JZfSQVgL5eKicbRwyzv-lwuMW7kuG-1xFN_97TAz6N0ciaRVB1OZ8ELPKIxhnN-P3OgmxopeNM5Bdsje5WhO52rORzDUPJLH18A9jr_TdDc0mqEXcbz-zNMp_4GZyO0IvIOLB-i7aVugL7h7jKOyASrR3zeszjjtf3f3akn-HA/s266/Cavendish%20Square%201800%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="266" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFoVPcJ22RMrDjFG4JZfSQVgL5eKicbRwyzv-lwuMW7kuG-1xFN_97TAz6N0ciaRVB1OZ8ELPKIxhnN-P3OgmxopeNM5Bdsje5WhO52rORzDUPJLH18A9jr_TdDc0mqEXcbz-zNMp_4GZyO0IvIOLB-i7aVugL7h7jKOyASrR3zeszjjtf3f3akn-HA/w400-h286/Cavendish%20Square%201800%5D.jpg" width="400" /></i></a></div><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><i style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Cavendish Square [credit to creator]</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></h4><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hartwell House </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">near Aylesbury, the tense pursuit never stops. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogsEHvonrVKCk3AHOvbHlOKlb5Qn3aJaeW_qAJInSjHRNMOM9D9P3xFAQHLYo4AxZQpLtDKGDRJ_Sb9prRxDwMaFjLOKgriZqQmwqEHY0VtpvHlniqlLoyVOs-FC4YIzjFdTEoSMw576AdZhasMf1bYH1o-RNtBFcQC6gPpWtJBaVRCqZSbOBM6h4Vg/s920/Hartwell-House-Buckinghamshire%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="920" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogsEHvonrVKCk3AHOvbHlOKlb5Qn3aJaeW_qAJInSjHRNMOM9D9P3xFAQHLYo4AxZQpLtDKGDRJ_Sb9prRxDwMaFjLOKgriZqQmwqEHY0VtpvHlniqlLoyVOs-FC4YIzjFdTEoSMw576AdZhasMf1bYH1o-RNtBFcQC6gPpWtJBaVRCqZSbOBM6h4Vg/w400-h214/Hartwell-House-Buckinghamshire%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">And the danger continues all the way to a breath-taking climax.</span></span></div></span></h4><p></p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 0.9em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></span></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-8619544841036077472022-12-15T23:31:00.005+00:002024-02-27T21:08:24.051+00:00Chalk and cheese....?<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or in a more modern fashion .......</span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Enemies to lovers.</span></span></h4><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Joachim</b>,</span> the youngest of the three Montailhac brothers </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is [usually] a perfect gentleman. </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Athletic, hard-working and keen to prove himself, Joachim supervises his father's estates and livestock. Given the harsh terrain in the Pyrenees, it's a full-time job.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQBj6FHiy4WP8NBaG-YHdbnV9aqwWVpQpBGT7_Q6nqt4ecM5GW0XE7_MP-jTwyeOiH8pstxBgoIHN9pHVV1FxtdYFmH9wxuJWUIjhSUN2MXy7P0Y5pa8nTr_rTW66hdjv-qgQwHp-iN7sRv6yKEScv0Fs88LEPvrEMk8NlR1NRBve3NLVpbjamJ6rZ7A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQBj6FHiy4WP8NBaG-YHdbnV9aqwWVpQpBGT7_Q6nqt4ecM5GW0XE7_MP-jTwyeOiH8pstxBgoIHN9pHVV1FxtdYFmH9wxuJWUIjhSUN2MXy7P0Y5pa8nTr_rTW66hdjv-qgQwHp-iN7sRv6yKEScv0Fs88LEPvrEMk8NlR1NRBve3NLVpbjamJ6rZ7A=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When two</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype", serif;"> troubled girls</span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype", serif;"> - his mother's guests - arrive for a visit, they add horribly to his workload. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Sophie</span></b>, the younger sister, is totally out of control. Within 24 hours of arriving, she sets the whole household by the ears. </span></span></span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype", serif;">The older sister, </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif;"><b>Nell</b></span><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype", serif;">, is so pinched and sullen, Joachim calls her 'Miss Dismal' to himself. Any conversation between them ends in misunderstanding or disagreement. </span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype", serif;">For Joachim, being gentlemanly keeps getting ever more difficult. </span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nell is suffering from depression. Hostile to everyone, she can't help her snappy response to Joachim, especially as he is not only gentlemanly but most attractive. NOT what she wants at all.</span></span></span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: "palatino linotype", serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's going to take something very unexpected to shake these two out of their dislike into some kind of alliance. </span></span></span></p><p class="font_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB9wrZ3h9ojjPmc4BDk9QI90uPTBay4RMQUgE0crMirGwQVyep8EnjSKrDn0a4P5FwYSj_ktqhWIqCFOrQOUvm98iAqwyVLSxyJ0uJPJGYKRpeuqNORgPZv_KitbItdvuGx1ZUWbjjdv4-WAsgvlt3q1fVVku5sJi3YCBMK2gEnBsYTOYyFB-Gm5klEg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiB9wrZ3h9ojjPmc4BDk9QI90uPTBay4RMQUgE0crMirGwQVyep8EnjSKrDn0a4P5FwYSj_ktqhWIqCFOrQOUvm98iAqwyVLSxyJ0uJPJGYKRpeuqNORgPZv_KitbItdvuGx1ZUWbjjdv4-WAsgvlt3q1fVVku5sJi3YCBMK2gEnBsYTOYyFB-Gm5klEg=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><b>A Lady's Honour</b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Libre Baskerville;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i> a new Montailhac story</i></span></span></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-24159684779740632432022-12-12T16:00:00.005+00:002023-06-11T23:04:07.412+01:0011th December 1282<h4 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #674ea7;">11th December marks the anniversary of the death of the last native Prince of Wales.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: medium;">Llewelyn ap Gruffydd</span></div></h4><h1 class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal" id="title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="a-size-extra-large" id="productTitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 36px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;">Tywysog Cymru</span></span></h1><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIxV7VVctDfVQrUFvEE9Wa2fQEujm21QKydrgfpp99DTDDBPGM-7PXIueR256i_02Zx_2zFhVmKce29vxnwRNanx52g-sbQyjg44r66-_UdVNDcH9Eh8D7JR3MvcENfPNi3-MJJ1oeV3GqxrVu0if4ccLzPPrZs5tjN1GbBESm9GGLRHe37DeJ75dmbA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="284" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIxV7VVctDfVQrUFvEE9Wa2fQEujm21QKydrgfpp99DTDDBPGM-7PXIueR256i_02Zx_2zFhVmKce29vxnwRNanx52g-sbQyjg44r66-_UdVNDcH9Eh8D7JR3MvcENfPNi3-MJJ1oeV3GqxrVu0if4ccLzPPrZs5tjN1GbBESm9GGLRHe37DeJ75dmbA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: black;">View of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_Llydaw" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Llyn Llydaw">Llyn Llydaw</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: black;"> from </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crib_Goch" style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background: none rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; scroll-behavior: auto; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 0ms;" title="Crib Goch">Crib Goch</a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>[courtesy of Wikipedia]<br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></h4><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/UHbCYpOtSPY">https://youtu.be/UHbCYpOtSPY</a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Video by Sian Ifan2, and the lament sung in the mellow voice of </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Daffydd Ifan</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnQ1jJnqjdBZFTVippwuDKfyyRLx_OtKiqPkrsgxM6UhuH5XclC0-oWWipH5H_Q7JhpAvV-6Y_lOBRueVamdtaYTDylzwD2LmdV7vNcjhyYSwQUz1Ia4BtdOxVgYSxTgs-j28Jh6Cw_5gbvyDs0lj8VvyyheCwEb_UzrICKkCjVryClDRG-QEy6-bNyA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="289" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnQ1jJnqjdBZFTVippwuDKfyyRLx_OtKiqPkrsgxM6UhuH5XclC0-oWWipH5H_Q7JhpAvV-6Y_lOBRueVamdtaYTDylzwD2LmdV7vNcjhyYSwQUz1Ia4BtdOxVgYSxTgs-j28Jh6Cw_5gbvyDs0lj8VvyyheCwEb_UzrICKkCjVryClDRG-QEy6-bNyA=w400-h241" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.875px; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="animation-delay: -0.01ms; animation-duration: 0.01ms; animation-iteration-count: 1; background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14.875px; scroll-behavior: auto; text-align: left; transition-duration: 0ms;">Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf</i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.875px; text-align: left;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the ceremony for the Treaty of Montgomery 1267</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsd9Mg7o2LIG1YzB0bCAZ0bnQQUolElA5U2ecnZFZOSJzzDF6UBTwFGZT4wIGoGakpeleTFBoAaKofjHlaQIXhoJqXgrOl648yl5OxXDOjalOIrzvEp3oPatuYLb3kupZWnL_5BVjZBUvbvKYc4jVcYiwRQtdgXHIQHqPdFWdjNd2NnsDCruRPl-v8Ag" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsd9Mg7o2LIG1YzB0bCAZ0bnQQUolElA5U2ecnZFZOSJzzDF6UBTwFGZT4wIGoGakpeleTFBoAaKofjHlaQIXhoJqXgrOl648yl5OxXDOjalOIrzvEp3oPatuYLb3kupZWnL_5BVjZBUvbvKYc4jVcYiwRQtdgXHIQHqPdFWdjNd2NnsDCruRPl-v8Ag" width="320" /></a></div><br />Memorial stone to Llewelyn ap Gruffydd at Abbey Cwm Hir</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>[photo by Britain Express]</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2720664446614030536.post-76295890277698649862022-12-06T20:19:00.002+00:002022-12-06T20:19:53.724+00:00A free holiday in every way<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"> If you need a rest, a break from the endless hurry and worry, </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;">why not take an armchair trip to Brighton?</span></h4><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><i>On FREE OFFER at present</i></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077K221F4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0">The Rake's Challenge</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAE4y-SsC4V4uGIr-1pUGDtmlTqVhowOMowMJAEPx_byujzodaWk-nI7-gG0DDy_kBmOyc4kQcgeQ3jQwdrm83YWSYisCGmxvre91k4enjv6f-NuydhYvabk6XHqeQKSx-zoXBE70NWhTBsBSJvIyTqBqVi_qg56ndKeu-JSgSKhLGq-Bqe_LTIVg6mg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAE4y-SsC4V4uGIr-1pUGDtmlTqVhowOMowMJAEPx_byujzodaWk-nI7-gG0DDy_kBmOyc4kQcgeQ3jQwdrm83YWSYisCGmxvre91k4enjv6f-NuydhYvabk6XHqeQKSx-zoXBE70NWhTBsBSJvIyTqBqVi_qg56ndKeu-JSgSKhLGq-Bqe_LTIVg6mg" width="160" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> As well as the sea air, bathing machines, horse racing, and a splendid picnic, there is <i><span style="color: #800180;">gambling</span></i><span style="text-align: left;">, </span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRJIL4SPWNqY0qQfLWbCSCSdJcMrLbOaQIks8-TeUKAIivCngWJzounCUL3boMMz6xavN55YJeA_3B059f1LkBmtoPnFt8DLl7_YWxaTAE5gBZ0A0T_Y2Dl2MEyX5HqaVM6TI12x7auRXlVDsSsrCCKLeSNfibfjhOoT8IbpVCFj2kRX-15tNxwCHsPQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2112" data-original-width="2816" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRJIL4SPWNqY0qQfLWbCSCSdJcMrLbOaQIks8-TeUKAIivCngWJzounCUL3boMMz6xavN55YJeA_3B059f1LkBmtoPnFt8DLl7_YWxaTAE5gBZ0A0T_Y2Dl2MEyX5HqaVM6TI12x7auRXlVDsSsrCCKLeSNfibfjhOoT8IbpVCFj2kRX-15tNxwCHsPQ" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #800180;">dancing</span></i>, a concert at the <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Royal Pavilion</span> with <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Prinny</b></span> among the performers....<i><span style="color: #800180;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #800180;"> </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnlGTwgsBbEfwB66VK6Kp0e4--XFkPqgvn8bkrSuvcF8FC-j767qKTRtVsXsCyP5qMVsOjNOCjNZg50SbmDNf529k82W-UfknaTopUpbXsVBCXSyJQq6MFrFRkljuM54TwfQvyoHs87IYRu6u4jowPfRP8TrPAV1__mfeaVIjZ9lyXhhw8WCQPY2qtCw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="478" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnlGTwgsBbEfwB66VK6Kp0e4--XFkPqgvn8bkrSuvcF8FC-j767qKTRtVsXsCyP5qMVsOjNOCjNZg50SbmDNf529k82W-UfknaTopUpbXsVBCXSyJQq6MFrFRkljuM54TwfQvyoHs87IYRu6u4jowPfRP8TrPAV1__mfeaVIjZ9lyXhhw8WCQPY2qtCw" width="192" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and </span><i style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #800180;">attempted murder......... </span></i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #800180;">Lots of fun and frolics, together with poets, poison and plots</span></i>.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">5* Review PERFECT</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: times;">Traditional regencies this lovely don’t come along very often, and I have to read a ton of mediocre and unfinishables to find just a few that immerse me in the world and grab my attention as these do. It makes it all worth it when a book this well-conceived and written comes along, with engaging plots, endearing characters and smooth dialogue. Pitch perfect, as are this author’s other books. Very romantic, in spite of (and because of) the lack of graphically detailed sex scenes. I will be re-reading these, along with Georgette Heyer and a very small selection of other keepers. A breath of fresh air.</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> </div></div>Beth Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04291800895744785318noreply@blogger.com0