tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post6211207267194114659..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Lady Hester Stanhope-A Regency Character if Ever There Was OneDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-8919773486998155102012-11-02T16:46:59.207-07:002012-11-02T16:46:59.207-07:00Yes Maggi. The Gabriel Hounds sprang to mind immed...Yes Maggi. The Gabriel Hounds sprang to mind immediately, especially where Lady Hester received people in the dark and showed her hands only. And I have to say I only became interested in Lady Hester Stanhope AFTER I'd read The Gabriel Hounds.Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-70688166195526449912012-11-02T15:13:18.600-07:002012-11-02T15:13:18.600-07:00I am intrigued to know why she destroyed the statu...I am intrigued to know why she destroyed the statue. Was it seen as un-Christian, or was it naked? Destroying that which you find - or rather being unable to appreciate what you find - seems antithetical to any form of historical research. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-15885575300419193262012-11-02T14:26:53.776-07:002012-11-02T14:26:53.776-07:00Life is greater than fiction in this instance, Dav...Life is greater than fiction in this instance, David. Very interesting, thank you. I seem to remember a character in a Mary Stewart book which may have been drawn from her.Maggi Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430261880092452319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-4895056697317820442012-11-02T12:28:50.028-07:002012-11-02T12:28:50.028-07:00Didn't know that. I like Moore. He is what mad...Didn't know that. I like Moore. He is what made Sandhurst, Sandhurst. Before the army went to the Peninsula, if my dim memory is right, he put the regiments through their paces readying them for the type of warfare that was being fought by Napoleon. David W. Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171335840275083654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-55784533520071089532012-11-02T12:27:10.590-07:002012-11-02T12:27:10.590-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.David W. Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171335840275083654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-66267812592104068862012-11-02T11:34:04.391-07:002012-11-02T11:34:04.391-07:00Lady Hester Stanhope wasn't 'on the shelf&...Lady Hester Stanhope wasn't 'on the shelf'--she was engaged to be married to Sir John Moore, the first Commander in Chief of the British Forces in the Peninsula, who was fatally wounded by a cannonball during the retreat to La Coruna in January 1809. She was inconsolable in her grief and was thought never to have properly recovered from her loss. M.M. Bennettshttp://www.mmbennetts.comnoreply@blogger.com