Words fail me

Mar 29, 2014 23:28


Poster in underground spotted, promoting a new novel The Scandalous Duchess*.

Why am I AAAAARRRRGH about this?

Because Anya Seton's Katherine was a major thing in my teenage years and my Canonical Version of the story. (And appears to be still in print, available on Kindle, etc, so not A Forgotten Classic.)

Reading the blurb at Amazon does not reassure me.

We also note that the actual title has been ripped off from a rather more srs bznz bio of Katherine by Alison Weir, which came out in 2007.

Very tempted to add Kenneth Williams going 'Infamy!!!' to this post as well.

*Honestly, this title makes me think 'Regency bodice-ripper'.

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aaaargh, historical novel, ripoff

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