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The Lost Love of a Soldier
Young, naïve and innocent, Lady Ellen Pembroke falls for a young army officer. Captain Paul Harding, finds his attention captured by the beautiful young…
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Finding Treasure
Battle Of Waterloo
Lost Love
Napoleonic Wars
Historical Romance
Naive
House Party
Inspire Me
Soldier
So these are many of the things that have inspired me when writing The Lost Love of a Soldier
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Outdoor Bed
Outdoor Furniture
Outdoor Decor
Kingston Lacy
Small Tent
Manor Houses
Something Beautiful
Ellen and Paul, while the army traveled would have shared a small tent among Paul's men, but at one point I describe the Lieutenant Colonels tent, which would have been more like a small marque, the senior officers had tables carried in the baggage carts to dine at, and beds that would be made up for them, and chairs and tables, and pretty much anything they might want. They did not live badly. This nursery room at Kingston Lacy is decorated in the theme of a tent.
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Officer
Sword
Long Lost Love
Home Parties
More Napoleonic memorabilia, including an officers sword
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Musketeers
Fight
Survival
A French musket used in the Napoleonic wars
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Scottish Army
English Army
Waterloo 1815
Art Ancien
Oil On Canvas
Canvas Prints
Regency Era
Regency Dress
I found an account by the Duchess of Richmond's daughter of the ball where Wellington learned Napoleon had attacked. It was not like this picture. It was in a converted crowded coach house and in Lost Love I’ve used the myth Wellington was told during the dancing, but he was informed during the pre-ball dinner. People then danced while Wellington met with his generals and over a map deciding what to do. She does say-the Highlanders danced jigs and an ivy print decorated the walls.
Spring Wildflowers
Spring Flowers
Colorful Flowers
Beautiful Flowers
Poppy Flowers
Poppy Wall Art
Poppy Art
Poppy Images
Years ago I went to the site where World War 1 was fought in France, I have not been to the sight of Waterloo, but it was really poignant, and moving, standing on the ground where hundreds of men died. I did draw on those thoughts to write The Lost Love of a Solider, and did a lot of research on the battle of Waterloo and the part that Paul's regiment the 52nd (Oxfordshire) regiment of foot played.
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Brussels
Ellen
Paul
The city of Brussels, where Ellen and Paul wait wondering what will happen next as the army gathers.
Victorian Illustration
British Army
Regiment
Stadler
Infantry
Family Tree
Officer and private of 52nd by J C Stadler, after C H Hamilton, 19th century.
Attic Space
Army Life
Maid
Towns
Lost
Paul and Ellen, because of his army life move about a lot, and while they stay in towns, Paul would have most likely rented a room for them in a place like this, while Ellen's maid would have been accommodated with the servants, perhaps in an attic space.
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Devon England
Cornwall England
Dorset England
Beautiful Islands
Beautiful Places
Alexandra Hotel
Weymouth Dorset
Persuasion Jane Austen
Lyme Regis
For a year of my life, I lived in Plymouth, mostly on my own, and while there I developed a love of standing down at the hoe, watching the waves crash up against the wall. And of course when I think about a harbor wall, it is the iconic harbor wall at Lyme Regis that comes to mind :D
Catapult Project
Dark Deck
Old Sailing Ships
Cutty Sark
Hms Victory
Below Deck
Life Experiences
Here is a paining showing the Orlop deck, this scene is of Nelson's death, but was this dark deck I was thinking of when I describe the scenes of Paul's regiment below deck.
Submarine Museum
Hms Warrior
Royal Navy Submarine
Experience Life
Attraction Tickets
Seaworthy
Viajes
Quite a few years ago now, with work, as I was working embedded with military teams at the time, we visited the Victory at Portsmouth. The below deck galleys on The Victory were my inspiration for the scenes when Ellen and Paul travel by ship.
Gretna Green
Anvil
The Originals
The anvil from the smithy at Gretna Green :-)
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Old Forge
Blacksmith Shop
Green Photo
Blacksmithing
Regency
Marriage
Old Things
A closer view of the old forge at Gretna Green
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The Other Side
Extended
Roof
The old forge is now the museum, if you look you can see from the tiles on the roof where it had been extended from what would have been a single room wide single story building. there were rooms at one end and the forge at the other, and visitors would have approached on the other side.
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Cannon
Army
Coach
They even have a fabulous coach museum :D
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Green Play
Period
The museum has lots of images and items recalling the period Gretna Green played such a huge part in the tradition of marriage. Here is another image of a yellow bounder.
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Married
Father
And then her father arrives once they had married.
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Innocent
Profit
One of the things that stood out for me in this drawing is the isolation of the blacksmith's the only reason this became the place to marry was because it was the first place people reached once they had come over the border, and so the blacksmith saw a chance for a profit. Now though the area is more built up.
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The race...
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Writing
These drawings are those made by the artist, and you will probably be able to tell when you read The Lost Love of a Soldier that these were very much in my mind when I was writing the marriage scenes.
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The Outsiders
Experience
I was most inspired by this story recorded at Gretna, which tells us about an artist who eloped, and what is even more wonderful is he then drew his experience.
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Best Location
Priest
Growing Up
At the museum in Gretna Green there are many stories of the history of Gretna, here is a board telling a little of the history behind the anvil priests and the tradition and legend that grew up around them.
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Marriage Law
Church Of England
Consent
Permission
In 1754 England introduced a law that said all marriages must be in public, and couples must have the permission of their parents in order to marry if they were under 21. Again Scotland continued with the old marriage laws. So here began the mad dashes to the Scottish Border for couples with one partner under 21 who did no have a parent's consent. Once they were over the border they merely had to have witness to heat them say their vows and they were wed, and English Law recognized it.
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Beginning Writing
British Isles
Elopement
When I began writing The Lost Love of a Soldier, I looked for something that would tell me what a real experience of elopement was and found nothing. So last summer my husband and I climbed in the car and set off for Gretna Green. :D I had no idea what we would find there, well we found a fabulous museum. A single marriage law applied across Britain until 1604 and then the laws in England began to change, but the law did not change in Scotland.
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