This week, join Laura and Nicole as they go beyond the Big Names of Regency (Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, Amanda Quick), and draw your attention to some lesser-known titles set during this extremely popular time period. Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform by searching for Read This Next, listen through your web... Continue Reading →
It is quite possible that, in the last year or so, you've heard of "Bridgerton" - a Netflix series that has taken the world by storm. The series is based on Julia Quinn's novels, each focused on one of the Bridgerton siblings in 1800s England. The first of the novels was published back in 2006,... Continue Reading →
Few other writers have inspired the devotion of readers as deeply as Jane Austen, and there are a plethora of authors who have taken her novels and reworked them to the enjoyment or rage of her fans. Some are true to the spirit of Miss Austen, such as this year's "Death Comes to Pemblerley" by... Continue Reading →
Knight in Shining Armor Jude Deveraux Dougless Montgomery is abandoned by her fiance during their English vacation. She is then swept away by her "Knight in Shining Armor" - Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck...who - according to his tombstone - had died in 1564. A lovely romance novel with a time-travel twist. The Secret Julie... Continue Reading →
Imagine standing on the Cornish coast, the wind whipping through your hair, the salt spray of the sea filling your lungs, the world around you, full of mystery, danger, love and deceit. Welcome to Poldark country. Winston Graham began his series of novels in 1945 about the life of Ross Poldark, recently returned to England,... Continue Reading →
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