tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post7545381638547015969..comments2024-03-25T07:25:47.059+00:00Comments on Babblings of a Bookworm : Twelfth-Night Cake and the Rosings Ghost by Robin Kobayashi - Guest Post and GiveawayCerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-78531790711600390982018-11-15T02:42:04.775+00:002018-11-15T02:42:04.775+00:00Yes, you are correct. Elizabeth Bailey is a big fa...Yes, you are correct. Elizabeth Bailey is a big fan of Georgette Heyer. Check out Elizabeth Bailey's Lady Fan Mystery Books. Book #3 The Opium Purge was just released November 1st.RobinElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-45702286224084436972018-11-14T02:18:54.187+00:002018-11-14T02:18:54.187+00:00One of the bounties of being retired.One of the bounties of being retired.Betty Campbell Maddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907259071959342354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-4467647085760038632018-11-13T23:40:20.139+00:002018-11-13T23:40:20.139+00:00Hi Sheila. You raise a really interesting point, a...Hi Sheila. You raise a really interesting point, and one which I know little about. As you will know, there wasn't such a huge divide in terms of skin colour here as there was in the US, but there was still a lot of prejudice. I read a book about Dido Belle, who was a mixed race person whose father was a gentleman and whose mother was a slave. Her position in society was confused, but more because she was illegitimate rather than because of the colour of her skin.<br /><br />I wish for many reasons that Austen's Sanditon had been finished, but just one of those reasons is that one of the characters is mixed race and I would have loved to have seen what Austen meant to do with that character!<br /><br />Re. your point on inter-marrying; from my position of no research aside from watching the TV programme 'Who Do You Think You Are?' I can tell you that intermarrying with Indian women certainly did happen; but in the cases that I am aware of they generally stayed abroad. I am not sure how accepted the wives may have been. I think marriages with people of other European descent would also have happened. I, am married to somebody whose genealogy is from abroad (Malta, which is situated south of Italy, for those who don't know). My children don't look much different to me in terms of skin tone but we are in the age of sun cream, so it's hard to tell how they would have looked years ago. :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-62674014288899016852018-11-13T23:27:45.031+00:002018-11-13T23:27:45.031+00:00Thanks for stopping by, Kirk! Good luck in the giv...Thanks for stopping by, Kirk! Good luck in the giveaway :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-47057642100383981182018-11-13T23:25:35.806+00:002018-11-13T23:25:35.806+00:00Hi Agnes! A child narrator can be a very interesti...Hi Agnes! A child narrator can be a very interesting point of view, I agree!<br /><br />Robin's reply mentions Elizabeth Bailey; I wonder if she is the Elizabeth Bailey who posts in the Georgette Heyer Appreciation Group on Facebook? I have a feeling she is a writer :)Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-81894980422112109792018-11-13T23:23:49.357+00:002018-11-13T23:23:49.357+00:00Hi Sophia! Thanks for stopping by. I must agree th...Hi Sophia! Thanks for stopping by. I must agree that Sofia/Sophia are wonderful names; my daughter's middle name is Sophia, in homage to Georgette Heyer's The Grand Sophy (as well as being a beautiful name, of course!).Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-86382565839072363652018-11-13T23:21:30.398+00:002018-11-13T23:21:30.398+00:00That's such an impressive number, Betty! Good ...That's such an impressive number, Betty! Good luck in winning one more for your collection.Cerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908542708518435282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-1813545208769037252018-11-13T22:17:02.393+00:002018-11-13T22:17:02.393+00:00You pose some interesting questions. I think that ...You pose some interesting questions. I think that attitudes towards race/skin color varied from person to person and it depended on many factors (education, travel, upbringing, etc.). For my research, I read accounts by British officers who fought in Portugal as well as British women who traveled to or lived in Portugal (Marianne Baillie, Lady Catherine Charlotte Jackson, Clarissa Trant - as a young girl). Sometimes you come across exceptional people who were quite tolerant; other times, you do not. My guess is that Lady Catherine would not be tolerant, whereas I would like to believe that Colonel Fitzwilliam would be, and if he wasn’t before, he is now, having come to love his own child.RobinElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-26576317040290044122018-11-13T16:13:03.953+00:002018-11-13T16:13:03.953+00:00Thanks! Writing the ghost story within the story w...Thanks! Writing the ghost story within the story was definitely fun for me. I read a lot of ghost stories from England and Germany to get myself prepared. I blended Gothic elements with a bit of humor since the child in the story is eight years old, and I didn’t want to scare her (and myself) too much.RobinElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-51650678406769131132018-11-13T15:55:33.063+00:002018-11-13T15:55:33.063+00:00Maintaining the child’s voice throughout a story c...Maintaining the child’s voice throughout a story can be challenging. Thankfully, I have a great reviewer, the talented writer Elizabeth Bailey in the UK, who has been with me every step of the way in these stories about Sofia-Elisabete and Colonel Fitzwilliam. RobinElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-59014755556272163662018-11-13T15:26:46.876+00:002018-11-13T15:26:46.876+00:00Sofia is a great name. :--)Sofia is a great name. :--)RobinElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-609745234502432712018-11-13T15:23:55.122+00:002018-11-13T15:23:55.122+00:00A thousand - wow! That's amazing. When I got t...A thousand - wow! That's amazing. When I got to about 250, the stories started to blur together. I think that happens to many of us. So I wanted to write something unique from a child's perspective.RobinElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-34499463085573753802018-11-13T15:12:35.256+00:002018-11-13T15:12:35.256+00:00Thanks you for introducing me (us?) to a new autho...Thanks you for introducing me (us?) to a new author. I do love the colonel and want the JAFF stories I read with him as a character to have a positive description of his behaviors. This sounds interesting, not only due to Lady Catherine's attitude but as I wonder about the opinions of British society as to skin color at that time. Surely there were marriages with ladies or gentlemen from other European cultural groups at that time. Even the Royal houses intermarried with other nations' ruling houses. And I cannot imagine that there were no intermarriages with the women of India when Britain ruled that country. Thanks for a chance to win a copy of this e-book. odara7rox(at)rcn(dot)comSheila L. Majczanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308617199570745026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-65830622590634158252018-11-13T10:25:14.518+00:002018-11-13T10:25:14.518+00:00Oh... someone standing up to Lady C and "scar...Oh... someone standing up to Lady C and "scary ghost stories from long ago". Interested!!! Wishing you such good luck! rearadmiral00 at gmail dot comKirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416046327729177148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-72875283072745194962018-11-13T09:48:06.533+00:002018-11-13T09:48:06.533+00:00Sounds like an interesting story. The child narrat...Sounds like an interesting story. The child narrator is a very intriguing point of view. I'd like to read it!Agneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047890626000373572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-69054368336871290302018-11-13T07:50:14.506+00:002018-11-13T07:50:14.506+00:00I love how she explored a war-time background for ...I love how she explored a war-time background for Colonel Fitz. Sofie sounds adorable and I can't wait to read her story.<br /><br />Please do not enter me in the giveaway.Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060237114571991862.post-35126012515363614772018-11-13T02:57:59.930+00:002018-11-13T02:57:59.930+00:00How have I never read any of your works or not eve...How have I never read any of your works or not even been aware of them! Between Amazon, Nook, and FanFic, I have probably read well, well over a thousand. And I really like the Col. Fitzwilliam stories. I guess I need to win one as a reward for finding you.:) Betty Campbell Maddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907259071959342354noreply@blogger.com