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Katherine here! I’ve been researching Georgian and Regency dogs for my September 7th book, The Mercenary Pirate, Heart of a Hero Series Book #10. In the book, my heroine’s father seeks admission to the ton through the advantageous marriages of his two children. Mr. Herding is a middle-aged man doing everything he can to live a gentile and luxurious life in Cornwall’s mining district. Life is hard there, a daunting trial for a mineral lord who has acquired financial wealth and has no way to flaunt it before his aristocratic counterparts. New money doesn’t award him social status.
So what does a self-made man living in the Georgian and Regency eras need on hand to attract lofty persons to his estate? He needs a great house, fashionable clothes, excellent liquor, and the ability to provide entertainment. Mr. Herding has all of those things, especially an excellent breed of hunting dog.
Hunting as well as attending dog fights was a popular activity in the Georgian and Regency eras.
The rest of my post is at Embracing Romance.
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loved the post. wasn’t able to comment there. The English foxhound is always special to me because my grandfather had them. And a picture hung in his living room of a hunt scene. I love hunt scene art because of that.
denise
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I love looking at hunting art too, Lady Denise! Thank you so much for taking the time to come here to comment when you couldn’t access the Embracing Romance comment section. I really appreciate hearing from you! ❤
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