Monday, April 29, 2013

What is a duke?

Duke of Wellington
Loretta reports:

Dukes are popular.  We authors of historical romances create hundreds of them, contrary to historical fact.  In the 1816 Debrett's, from which I've clipped the summary about this rank of the peerage, I count only 18 English dukes.  This includes the brand-new Duke of Wellington.

You can learn about the privileges of being a member of the peerage here.





                                                                                         

—Debrett's Peerage 1816 Vol 1.

Please click on images to enlarge.  If the text is still hard to read, you can click here to read online.
at

2 comments:

  1. Isobel CarrApril 29, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    I always presume that each of our worlds is distinct. My dukes and Loretta’s dukes and Susan's dukes do not exist in the same universe (and thus do not overpopulate).

    Though it would be hilarious to write a Jasper Fforde style farce where ALL the Romancelandia dukes get thrust into one world and have to contend with one another...

    ReplyDelete
  2. Caroline ClemmonsJuly 22, 2014 at 8:45 PM

    Love your blog posts. Thanks for keeping us informed.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.