tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post7970123364611543878..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The overshadowed brotherDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-76603610092757656572017-07-29T16:27:00.213-07:002017-07-29T16:27:00.213-07:00Thanks, Anna, fascinating post! I had heard of Mau...Thanks, Anna, fascinating post! I had heard of Maurice, but it's true that Rupert is the one we hear about most. Rupert has even appeared as the hero of A Midsummer Tempest, a novel by Poul Anderson, set in a universe in which Shakespeare was known as the Great Historian and Rupert must go to the island from The Tempest to retrieve Prospero's book and use it to save his uncle. <br /><a href="https:%22//suebursztynski.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/of-doctors-and-regeneration-some-silly.html%22" rel="nofollow">Of Doctors And Regeneration: Some Silly Thoughts</a><br />Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-12034751949813623512017-07-28T11:10:09.054-07:002017-07-28T11:10:09.054-07:00Actually, there was a fourth brother who married f...Actually, there was a fourth brother who married for love despite having to convert to catholicism to do so. He was rather good looking too :)Anna Belfragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159728310623757488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-77828846180539677112017-07-28T08:35:32.589-07:002017-07-28T08:35:32.589-07:00All three brothers were good looking Stuarts. Tal...All three brothers were good looking Stuarts. Tall dark and handsome. As I recall Rupert was 3rd and Maurice 4th in line to Charles II's throne until James had children, so they were Very Important Princes. Sally Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11287628255330281037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-68513434500945496162017-07-28T07:57:35.301-07:002017-07-28T07:57:35.301-07:00Fantastic post! Poor Maurice. He was overshadowed ...Fantastic post! Poor Maurice. He was overshadowed in life by his older brother. His death was pretty dramatic, being entangled with a hurricane. Cryssa Bazoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339300665743449764noreply@blogger.com