This time, it’s personal!
Twice I’ve sent my YA heroine, Lady Victoria Mansfield, from Regency England to World War II so that she and her friends could use their magic to aid their country, which is fighting for its life against Hitler’s forces.
For book 3, my storyteller instincts said that it was time to turn the tables: this time, it’s Tory’s world that is threatened by invasion.
I’ve always been intrigued by the similarities Britain experienced in both the Napoleonic wars and WWII. In each case, the country stood alone against an overwhelming continental conqueror, protected by the English Channel and the people’s stubborn refusal to surrender.
The Regency technically began in 1811, when the Prince Regent assumed power on behalf of his father, mad King George III, but I set the Dark Mirror series a few years earlier, in 1803 - 1804. I chose that period precisely so I could do a Napoleonic invasion story. The real-life threat was intense between 1803 and 1805, and all kinds of preparations were made to defend Britain’s shores. Napoleon had recruited and trained a vast army centered around Boulogne, and built an equally vast flotilla to move his troops across the Narrow Sea.
There are two quotes I love that sum up the French and British attitudes, and which became the epigraph for Dark Destiny:
“Let us be masters of the Channel for six hours and we are masters of the world.”
Napoleon Bonaparte while contemplating an invasion of Britain
“I do not say, my Lords, that the French will not come. I say only they will not come by sea.”
Admiral Lord John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent, when he was Admiral of the Channel Fleet during the Napoleonic Wars
History records that Bonaparte decided against invading Britain and turned his attention to the east, never to threaten Britain with invasion again. But in an alternate history where magic exists—well, anything can happen!
The cast of characters continues to grow, and moving to center stage is Rebecca Weiss, the girl who was rescued from occupied France in Dark Passage. She’s only just discovered that magic exists and that she has power, and now she’s being called on to pay her debt to Merlin’s Irregulars, who saved her and her family. Can she do it? She’ll certain try! And Nick Rainford will be right at her side to help her.
Tory and Allarde and Cynthia and Jack are back, too, because these books are as much about friendship as they are magic, romance, and adventure. I had a wonderful time writing this series, and I hope you enjoy reading Dark Destiny if you decide to give it a try.
duzzza22 napisał(a):Za to z "Jedwabną tajemnicą" miałam problem, ta bohaterka... hmm w sumie nie wiem jeszcze co myśleć o niej...
duzzza22 napisał(a):Za to z "Jedwabną tajemnicą" miałam problem, ta bohaterka... hmm w sumie nie wiem jeszcze co myśleć o niej...
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