tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786279.post113007369490726744..comments2023-12-28T17:22:20.888+00:00Comments on Wenlock: Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816256676376213859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786279.post-1130085166007068152005-10-23T17:32:00.000+01:002005-10-23T17:32:00.000+01:00If only I'd remembered that Regency Buck was set i...If only I'd remembered that Regency Buck was set in Brighton I could have saved myself a lot of research for Lord Deverill's Secret. Still, if I hadn't done my own research, I would have missed the little known fact that some of Brighton's libraries were in fact situated in Bath.<BR/><BR/>And now for some Regency Buck trivia.<BR/><BR/>1)The talking tiger in RB is the great grandfather of the talking tiger in Life of Pi.<BR/><BR/>2)The chances of a capital whip being a heroine's guardian are 2.593 to 1.<BR/><BR/>3) The langour first appeared in written English in 1804, in a letter penned by Worth, but as the letter was unfortunately lost in the post, the langour languished in literary limbo until the reign of George IV.<BR/><BR/>4) No, they don't read On Dandyism in Yorkshire. They are too busy eating Yorkshire Pudding, Yorkshire fat rascals, and Yorkshire curd tart to be bothered about the naby pamby ways of soft southerners.<BR/><BR/>5) Regency Buck is in fact the first pelisse procedural (a term I wish I'd invented).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13786279.post-1130082723779774042005-10-23T16:52:00.000+01:002005-10-23T16:52:00.000+01:00Pelisse procedural -- really, Stephen!Pelisse procedural -- really, Stephen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com