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At heart I am a historian. Before I
begin writing a #classi#historical#omance I research the background. I hope you
will enjoy this month’s insider blog based on my notes.
When Anne, Stuart was born on the 6th
February1665 neither her uncle, the second King Charles, nor her father, James,
heir to the throne, imagined she would become Queen. The king’s seven
illegitimate children proved his virility. There was every reason to believe he
and his queen Henrietta Maria who he married three years ago, would not have
legitimate heirs If they did not, James and Anne, the Duke and Duchess of York’s
son would succeed. Unfortunately, he only lived for six months.
Infant mortality was high. Fortunately, Anne
and her older sister, Mary, survived the Great Plague, which broke out in the
year of the Cinderella’s birth. The little princesses grew up in their nursery
but their brother James, a younger brother and two little sisters died. One can
imagine the effects of these deaths on a small girl suffering from poor health,
whose weak eyes watered constantly.
With the consent of Anne’s uncle, the king,
her parents sent the four-year-old to her grandmother, widow of the executed
first Charles, who now lived in France, to have her eyes treated.
A portrait of the Anne as a small girl
painted by an unknown artist at the French Court depicts a plump, adorable little
girl, dressed in brocade and playing with a King Charles spaniel. Yet her eyes,
set in an oval face with a mouth shaped in a perfect cupid’s bow, are wary.
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Rosemary Morris’ #classic#historical#romance novels set in Queen Anne
Stuart’s reign – 1702 -1714
Far Beyond Rubies.
Tangled Love
The Captain and The Countess
The Viscount and The Orphan
With firmly closed bedroom doors, the reader can
relish the details of emerging romances.
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To purchase my novels choose an online click onto
the book cover to choose an online bookstore at https:bwlpublishing.ca/morris-rosemary.
To
read the first three chapters please visit my website. www.rosemarymorris.co.uk
