For wont of another topic, none of which come to mind, I decided to give you a picture.
I collect architectural prints of the Regency, when I can find them. Some I have framed and hung in the den. Most are in a folder in my “book room” (too cluttered to be called an office or a library). A few are scanned.
Here are the ones from the den. You will recognize some of them; they are often reproduced.
Here is a scanned one, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden:
Most of my prints are post-Regency, I believe around 1828 and I daresay they were cut from books at one time or another, but not by me!
They are one way the Regency stays alive for me. I can just about put myself in the picture and lose myself there.
That brings me to my question.
Even though I love Regency Historical Romances, I don’t read many of them these days (although I loved my friend Mary Blayney’s One More Kiss). I can’t read them when I’m writing one, because if I get lost in that book, I won’t get lost in mine, or I may forget which book I’m lost in altogether.
I am curious though. Have you read a Regency Historical Romance lately that just blew you away? And if so, why?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Happily or sadly, depending on how you look at it, the last Regency I read was yours. It was wonderful! I do have several in the TBR pile, but need more hours in the day. 🙂
Awwww, nice of you to say, Laurel! Thanks so much.
Like you, I can’t read what I write when I’m writing (and I’m always writing!). But I did FINALLY read Miranda Neville last year and boy was that a joyus glom!
I sadly haven’t read a Regency in a long time either! But I am reading a good (Tudor) book, “Queen’s Gambit” by Elizabeth Freemantle, about Katherine Parr. And I love to look at the Regency prints you gave me for a wedding present, which are right over my desk 🙂