One of the big problems with her Medieval historicals is that she was embarrassed by religion. I don't think it's possible to paint an accurate portrait of an age of faith, where God was everywhere (whether you personally believed in him or not) without mentioning him. What I retain from Lord John (and I grant it's been decades since I read it) is a chilly, bloodless political tract with wooden characters and not so much overt emotion as would have discommoded Queen Victoria at her most unamused. Which is most ahistorical of Heyer.
I'm glad to hear the Heyers are being re-issued. I can't read The Grand Sophy in the tub any more because the pages have come adrift from the spine. Which is tantamount to a tragedy, when I'm feeling the urge.
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Re: I love Heyer's Regency and 18th-century novels so much
Date: 2009-05-15 04:54 pm (UTC)One of the big problems with her Medieval historicals is that she was embarrassed by religion. I don't think it's possible to paint an accurate portrait of an age of faith, where God was everywhere (whether you personally believed in him or not) without mentioning him. What I retain from Lord John (and I grant it's been decades since I read it) is a chilly, bloodless political tract with wooden characters and not so much overt emotion as would have discommoded Queen Victoria at her most unamused. Which is most ahistorical of Heyer.
I'm glad to hear the Heyers are being re-issued. I can't read The Grand Sophy in the tub any more because the pages have come adrift from the spine. Which is tantamount to a tragedy, when I'm feeling the urge.