[bookshare-discuss] Re: Bertrice Small books
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:55:09 -0800 (PST)
They're historical romances, well-written (at least
most of them). I like them because the characters are
well-drawn but also because of the details of life in
the periods (usually Great Britain and the Ottoman
Empire, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, centuries,and even
some earlier). The author describes the clothing and
foods in detail but not in boring detail, though after
reading several of the books I tend to skip some of
the feast descriptions. I've checked some of the
historical people and events and they really existed
and happened. I was pleasantly surprised to find the
main character in Beloved (not part of the Skye
saga),I think her name was Zenobia, in the book 100
Important Women that I validated, and all the events
were accurate, though, of course, the loves and
emotions were filled in by the author. Some of the
books are pretty detailed in their descriptions of the
sexual encounters, which is why one has to log-in to
see if they're in the collection, but they're
tastefully done and in the language of those centuries
(which is much nicer, I think, than the language used
in ours). However, apparently in those times the "f"
word was used as a normal active verb in the languge
of the gentry and nobility without the . . . I can't
think of the term now but I'll use connotation or
disapprobation that we have toward it today.
Mores and customs (are they the same thing?) and
technical aspects of the period are also included.I
did not know that some of the castles in the 16th
century, especially in the South, like San Lorenzo and
Italy, actually had plumbing, and and in Turkey, and
had "water closets." These books, by the way, have
more to do with the lives of the nobility and upper
classes,though the way the lords treated their
villagers and the people on their estates is included.
I hope I didn't go on too much. I don't really care
for the few modern romances I've read, but I do like
the historical ones and, after having been introduced
to this author by scanning and validating a book that
was requested, I've become addicted.
Cindy
--- jbarr1998@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi. What are these books about? Just curious
> Jenifer Barr.
> Waiting for HIS soon return!
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> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 11:49 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Bertrice Small books
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> > Please, could one of you who enjoy scanning scan
> This
> > Heart of Mine, by Bertrice Small? I'm willing to
> > validate it no matter what shape it's in (though I
> > won't be able to get to it right away), unless
> someone
> > else wants to. There's no hurry. It's the fourth
> in
> > the Skye O'Malley saga. I'm validating Lost Love
> Found
> > now, which is the fifth in the saga. It's true
> that it
> > isn't necessary to read them in order, but I find
> I
> > prefer to. I've just finished reading Skye
> O'Malley,
> > and Shelley says that All the Sweet Tomorrows,
> which
> > is the second, should be in the collection. I
> assume
> > someone's validating it, so I'm going to get the
> book
> > and read it.A Love for All Time is the third and
> that
> > doesn't seem to be anywhere either.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
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