Comments on: ‘The Duchess’ Teaser Trailer http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/27/the-duchess-teaser-trailer/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:26:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Empress Eve http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/27/the-duchess-teaser-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-111649 Empress Eve Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:22:12 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/27/the-duchess-teaser-trailer/#comment-111649 Sara, as I was reading your comments, I was thinking to myself, "Good, she's got dibs on this then." Ha! So, there you go. It's all yours. Sara, as I was reading your comments, I was thinking to myself, “Good, she’s got dibs on this then.” Ha! So, there you go. It’s all yours.

]]> By: casacooper http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/27/the-duchess-teaser-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-111246 casacooper Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:00:45 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/27/the-duchess-teaser-trailer/#comment-111246 you can also read any of Georgette Heyers' last nine Regency romances (yeah I know, so sue me) to get a feel for the morès and speech patterns of an era very close––about a decade or so–– to the actual time period. Whatever you may think of regency novels, they were invented by GH, who set a standard no bodice ripper writer (and many of them are my friends) has met, or even tried to meet. Her personal Library consisted of over one thousand books from the period, in addition to an extensive collections of periodicals from the era. Her research was so thorough that her descriptions of the Battles of Quatre Bras (16 June), Ligny (16 June), Waterloo (18 June), and Wavre (18 June-19 June) in her novel "An Infamous Army" is/was actually used at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, as educational material. Anyway, can I get dibs on this one? I am familiar with the era and some of the characters of the time, including the Duchess… you can also read any of Georgette Heyers’ last nine Regency romances (yeah I know, so sue me) to get a feel for the morès and speech patterns of an era very close––about a decade or so–– to the actual time period.

Whatever you may think of regency novels, they were invented by GH, who set a standard no bodice ripper writer (and many of them are my friends) has met, or even tried to meet.

Her personal Library consisted of over one thousand books from the period, in addition to an extensive collections of periodicals from the era. Her research was so thorough that her descriptions of the Battles of Quatre Bras (16 June), Ligny (16 June), Waterloo (18 June), and Wavre (18 June-19 June) in her novel
“An Infamous Army” is/was actually used at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, as educational material.

Anyway, can I get dibs on this one? I am familiar with the era and some of the characters of the time, including the Duchess…

]]> By: mo http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/27/the-duchess-teaser-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-107945 mo Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:13:47 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2007/12/27/the-duchess-teaser-trailer/#comment-107945 guess kiera has found her niche. guess kiera has found her niche.

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