[bksvol-discuss] Submitted numbers 1 and 2 of the Six Sisters series by Marion Chesney.

From: "Kathy Hester" <kathyruth@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:05:18 -0600
I have just submitted Minerva and also The Taming of Annabelle by Marion 
Chesney.  They are respectively numbers  1 and 2 of The Six Sisters Series. 
I have proof read them and moved page numbers to the tops of pages.  Here 
are their synopses followed by the same comment that applies to all in the 
series:


Minerva by Marion Chesney
Regency Romance; Number 1 in The Six Sisters Series.
Minerva, a self-made Cinderella, is aglow with sacrificial fervor, which 
alternates with a longing to continue living as the responsible daughter of 
the large family at the vicarage. However, she is to have a season in 
London, chaperoned by the amoral but soft-hearted Lady Godolphin, who speaks 
some Malapropisms that are apt to the situations.  Minerva finds society in 
violent collision with her personal code of morality.  Her attempts to 
impose her ideas on others make enemies, and when she does realize she is 
truly in love with a man, these enemies act, forcing him to fight a duel. 
Not content with that, the man who challenged Lord Sylvester Comfrey manages 
to alienate Minerva from him by means of an anonymous letter and a page of 
an altered betting book.  The fox hunting vicar, at first resigned to his 
penniless state, compounded by the debt for Minerva's season in London, 
finds her unhappiness intolerable and sets out to remedy the situation.





The Taming of Annabelle by Marion Chesney

Regency Romance; number 2 in the Six Sisters Series

Annabelle, over-indulged and still very childish, smarting from jealousy of 
Minerva, finally gets her chance for a visit to Minerva's fiancé's home. 
She feels that she is right for him, that she loves him, and does not 
believe Minerva could possibly have the same romantic feelings that churn in 
her!  She disgraces herself almost at once after her arrival by speaking 
Coachee, a form of slang (and has no idea what she is saying). The Duchess 
of Allsbury informs her she will write her father and tell him of her 
unacceptable behavior.  Annabelle finds out in a shocking manner that Lord 
Sylvester does not love her, as she thought, convinced that her beauty would 
win anybody's approval.  She decides to get revenge on Minerva by marrying 
the Marques of Brabington, thereby socially outranking her sister at all 
public occasions, and to insist on a double wedding so that she will 
outshine Minerva.  This will also get her out of trouble with her family. 
Lord Peter Brabington succumbs.  Despite qualms, Annabelle goes through with 
the marriage.  When it goes sour on their wedding night, it is once again 
left to the vicar and his friend, Squire Radford, to straighten out the 
situation.



Comment for all the series:

These books contain French words and phrases, contractions, and some 
dialect.  There are occasionally archaic English words, although they are 
widely scattered.  The most obvious of these is the beginning verse 
introducing The Taming of Annabelle:



The Maunder's Praise of his strowling Mort



Doxy, oh! thy glaziers shine As glimmar; by the Salomon! No gentry mort has 
prats like thine, No cove e'er wap'd with such a one.



White thy fambles, red thy gan, And thy quarrons dainty is; Couch a hogshead 
with me then, In the darkmans clip and kiss ...

Anon



(This is correct.)



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kathyruth@xxxxxxxxxx .  Thank you.



Kathy

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