7 May 2020

igenlode: The pirate sloop 'Horizon' from "Treasures of the Indies" (Default)
This is not a romance (certainly not a 'Regency Romance' as branded by modern-day genre fiction). It's a rollicking romantic comedy/adventure, and a highly-literate spoof of the bodice-ripper genre, in which the author highlights the practical drawbacks of hysterical heroines, cross-Channel abductions (plans for seduction are scuppered by seasickness) and brooding and bad-tempered Byronic antiheroes. Read more... )

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igenlode: The pirate sloop 'Horizon' from "Treasures of the Indies" (Default)
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