One of the things I well remember from those days is the care that she took in ensuring the historical accuracy of the background of her books. I am sure many of you have read novels where you are drawn out of the story by inaccuracies in historical facts, details of costume or other anachronisms. I suppose it would be impossible to claim that there are no such errors in our mother’s books; what is undoubted is that she took great care to check matters.
The result was, and is, that the books still have an appeal to a modern audience, for authenticity is appreciated by most readers, even if subconsciously. The periods in which they set vary: the earliest is The Georgian Rake, which must be around the middle of the 18th century; and some are true Regency romances. But Mum was not content with just a love story; there is always an element of mystery in her books. Indeed, this came to the fore in her later writings, which are historical detective novels.
There’s a great deal more I could say about her writings but it would be merely repeating what you can read on her website at www.alicechetwyndley.co.uk. To outward appearances, our mother was an average housewife of the time — for it was usual enough for women to remain at home in those days — but she possessed a powerful imagination that enabled her to dream up stories that appealed to many readers at the time — and still do, thanks to their recent republication.
If you have enjoyed her novels, we would be very grateful if you could leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads so that others may also be tempted to lose themselves in their pages.
Richard Ley, 2018.
More Books by Alice Chetwynd Ley
THE EVERSLEY SAGA:
The Clandestine Betrothal
AVAILABLE HERE!
The Toast of the Town
AVAILABLE HERE!
A Season at Brighton
AVAILABLE HERE!
OTHER NOVELS:
The Jewelled Snuff Box
AVAILABLE HERE!
The Georgian Rake
AVAILABLE HERE!
The Guinea Stamp
AVAILABLE HERE!
The Master of Liversedge
AVAILABLE HERE!
Letters For A Spy
AVAILABLE HERE!
Tenant of Chesdene Manor
AVAILABLE HERE!
An Advantageous Marriage
AVAILABLE HERE!
A Conformable Wife
AVAILABLE HERE!
At Dark of the Moon
AVAILABLE HERE!
A Regency Scandal
The Intrepid Miss Haydon
Anthea and Justin Rutherford Trilogy
A Reputation Dies
A Fatal Assignation
A Masquerade of Vengeance
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