[bookshare-discuss] Re: Bertrice Small books
- From: talmage@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 07:43:26 -0500
Hi Cindy,
If we are both thinking of the same 'f' word, they weren't using it back in
those days. If the word is in the books, I imagine the author is just
using it in place of whatever was used at the time. The 'f' word traces
back to either the London Police, or Scotland Yard, (I can't remember which
now) to the end of the 19th century, and was developed as an acronym to be
used on police reports because they didn't want to enter: found with
unusual carnal knowledge.
An 'f' word of that day that would fit the bill, but that has since
developed a less offensive image, is frig.
Another course, or low, term of its day used to mean the same thing was
roger, thus we got the Jolly Roger. Just what everyone needs, a pirate
with a sense of humor.
Dave
At 01:55 PM 12/8/2004, you wrote:
>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!
> > AIM: jenibear1998
> > msn
> > jbarr1998@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 11:49 PM
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Bertrice Small books
> >
> >
> > > 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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