tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333091580028808174.post5453985182045358351..comments2023-11-30T18:56:07.931-08:00Comments on The Regency Blog of Lesley-Anne McLeod: Mr. Chawleigh, Mr. Driffield and Mr. Luckcock: the new middle classLesley-Anne McLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14899105096816697616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333091580028808174.post-71800118557491236612010-10-22T10:25:31.401-07:002010-10-22T10:25:31.401-07:00Thanks so much for "The Lunar Men" book ...Thanks so much for "The Lunar Men" book recommendation, Jenny. I will certainly look it up! I do have 'The Private World of Georgette Heyer' and it is a fascinating book.Lesley-Anne McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899105096816697616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333091580028808174.post-26809232005417799882010-10-22T07:45:55.573-07:002010-10-22T07:45:55.573-07:00The snobbism of Heyer's aristocrat owes a lot ...The snobbism of Heyer's aristocrat owes a lot to her own intense social insecurity. Heyer was the classic upstart, an outsider who longed to be part of the British upper class and built a persona completely at odds with her real heritage.<br /><br />Reading Jane Aiken Hodge's insightful biography, <i>The Private World of Georgette Heyer</i> explains a lot about the fantasy Regency world she created.<br /><br />The book, <i>The Lunar Men</i> by Jenny Uglow, is full of stories about the up-by-the-bootstraps 18th century entrepreneurs who transformed England's economy and had a lot to do with its imperial success. Well worth a read.Jenny Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736968723372966506noreply@blogger.com