Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart — Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

Susan Lantz

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Re: A Scandalous Countess (3:51pm February 9, 2012):

The Georgian and Regency eras are my two favorite time periods, and I love reading books set in both eras. The clothing in the Georgian era was more glorious, but with that glorious clothing one had to wear a wig or powder one's hair. The Regency, however, holds a greater appeal for me. I am fascinated by the fact that the upper classes were so oblivious to everything except their own pursuits and pleasures. The British Army on the Peninsula and the Channel Fleet on blockade were given no thought by anyone except the politicians, and even they didn't give the Army and Navy enough thought or enough funds. Even people who had brothers, uncles, cousins (or whatever) fighting against Napoleon seemed to give those military relatives little thought. People with that much self-absorption are both fascinating and repelling.