{"id":2111,"date":"2012-02-08T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2012-02-07T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T15:26:03","slug":"worldbuilding-and-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=2111","title":{"rendered":"World Building and History"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the latest Christine Blevins novel out as well as the latest Christine Trent, I find myself swept up in different historical periods. I am fascinated by the wealth of stories that come into the world, born from the hard work and the passion of their authors.<\/p>\n

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In The Turning of Anne Merrick, Christine Blevins’ writes about colonial America and about women’s experiences as they build a new country. In By the King’s Design, Christine Trent writes of Regency England. Her heroine does not live in the Regency England where my characters live, a fantasy of handsome brooding men, silk gowns, and lustrous ballrooms. Annabelle Stirling is a draper who is solidly middle class, a shopkeeper who works for the Prince Regent, but who also sees the plight of the poor, people who are thrown into desperate suffering by the Corn Laws and a bad harvest.<\/p>\n

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I adore my own genres of 12th century historical fiction and romantic Regency England, but it is a thrill to dive into the worlds created by my peers, beautifully researched books that bring the past to life. I am grateful that with each new novel that comes into print, another world is born. As a writer and a reader, I am a world-hopper, constantly looking for the next book to kick back and enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the latest Christine Blevins novel out as well as the latest Christine Trent, I find myself swept up in different historical periods. I am fascinated by the wealth of stories that come into the world, born from the hard work and the passion of their authors. In The Turning of Anne Merrick, Christine Blevins’ …<\/p>\n

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