Two Novels by Lizzie Church
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Overview: "I have been writing stories ever since I was a little girl and I have been fascinated by the Regency ever since my schooldays. To me, it’s a period suspended in time – the people close enough for us to identify with their emotions, hopes and fears, but far enough away to inhabit a long-gone world of coaches and country estates. My teens were spent in devouring shelves full of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer and in later life I have spent years researching the history of the time. Of course, nowadays we have the benefit of the amazing resources provided by the internet but I still have lever-arch files full of useful snippets – from the weather in 1811 to etiquette at dinner – as testimony to the pre-web work I did in the 1970s and 80s.
My first novel, ‘Curricle and Chaise’, is an out and out ‘traditional’ Regency romance. Set right at the start of the Regency it is full of sunshine and laughter, countryside and sea – a gentle novel which appeals to discerning readers who are interested in period detail and credible characters rather than rollicking adventure. My second,’The Girl from Red Lion Square’ is set a little later, in Regency London, and contains plenty of romance and humour as well as including a more serious edge. I have since written a ‘prequel’ to ‘The Girl from Red Lion Square’ which is called ‘Mr Forster’s Fortune’. Although another ‘traditional’ and gentle Regency romance it is a novel with some depth which I am hoping the discerning reader will enjoy.
The next novel, ‘The Body on the Beach’ is altogether different and I’m still not quite sure myself exactly where it came from! If the first two novels make more than passing nods to Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, this third one is perhaps more reminiscent of Emily Bronte or Thomas Hardy. Perhaps it’s because I was born in Yorkshire and now live in Weymouth, and I have taken inspiration from both. But once I’d identified the setting the characters appeared from nowhere and immediately took on a life of their own. This is a novel which the characters wrote themselves and I can claim very little credit for it. I hope you fall in love with Andrew as much as I have done!
‘The Body on the Beach’ captivated me so much that I immediately set about writing a sequel to it – ‘An Indelicate Siuation’. This turned out to be a more ‘traditional’ Regency romance and this time it was Freddy who really stole my heart – so much so that I had to catch up with him yet again to make the two ‘Weymouth’ novels into a trilogy, finishing with ‘A Devilishly Difficult Decision’. Each one still operates as a stand-alone novel, but I have also put the three together into one volume – ‘The Weymouth Trilogy’ – which I hope you will appreciate.
Finally I would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who has taken the trouble to download my novels so far, and especially to those of you who have provided such delightful reviews. I always upload each one in some trepidation, as to me, like to many authors, my novels are like my children and I feel most protective of them! It is quite a relief (as well as hugely rewarding) to find that that most of you are enjoying them as much as I would have hoped. You have made my debut into publishing a very exciting and rewarding one for me. Thank you very much." Lizzie Church
Genre: Historical Romance
Curricle & Chaise: When Mrs Thomas Barrington was so inconsiderate as to depart this world without so much as a ‘by your leave’, leaving two daughters to burden their aunts and precious little else to cover their maintenance, their futures looked very uncertain indeed.
Of course, it was entirely natural that two young ladies of 19 and 7 would feel bereft at the loss of their mama, but to Miss Lydia and Miss Susan Barrington their change in circumstances demanded a total and somewhat painful adjustment to their whole way of life.
With their father less than two years dead and no male relative available to render them assistance it quickly became apparent that they must learn to shift for themselves. Even this might have proved tolerable. After all, Lydia was an independent sort of a girl, more than capable of holding her own against importunate tradesmen, and more than happy to bring her younger sister up on her own.
It would not do, however. The state in which Lydia discovered the family affairs made independent existence quite out of the question. In spite of all her best efforts, within a few months of her mama’s death, and scarcely out of full mourning, it became apparent to her that there was nothing to be done but to acknowledge the inevitable and appeal to her relations for help….
It is 1810. Lydia, now penniless, is forced to seek a home with an aunt and uncle who have no interest in her whatsoever. But there are plenty of others with an interest in her – including the handsome but selfish son of the family – her cousin Charles – and two elegant brothers who live nearby.
Each, in his own way, poses an intriguing challenge to her. Luckily Lydia is well able to look after herself but she gets into a number of scrapes which almost cost her any chance of happiness before finally managing to sort things out in the end.
Mr Forster’s Fortune: This is a novel to enjoy at many levels. On the surface it is a traditional, undemanding but meticulously researched Regency Romance. Dig a little deeper and you will find a complex web of themes and patterns which work together to illustrate the human condition – a condition which is just as relevant today as it was 200 years ago. Dig deeper still and you will find subtleties of language and plays on words which, when you stumble across them, will hopefully make you smile. Accidents happen in ‘Mr Forster’s Fortune’ – but nothing about it is accidental.
Note that although the novel is a ‘prequel’ to ‘The Girl from Red Lion Square’, either book can equally be enjoyed as a stand-alone romance.
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