Comments on: RANSOME’S HONOR: Settings

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:31:34 +0000

That's one of the reasons it was so hard for me to find images (aside from the fact that trying to find anything online that's historically accurate for that time period in England is difficult)---because so much of what I wrote came straight out of my imagination with no help from pictures. The main exception is the ship. The houses and other places, I could extrapolate from what I've seen in all the period movies. But for the ship, I didn't even want to start until I'd seen lots and lots of pictures and diagrams and knew what things were called. And I ache to go to Portsmouth and visit HMS Victory, to see what it feels like to be on a ship of that era, to get a better feel for the scale of a ship that held (in Victory's case) more than a thousand crew.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:28:12 +0000

I have to admit, I did a lot of searching for some fill-in images last night (like for Lady Dalrymple’s “house” and ship images) and started freaking myself out and wondering if everything in the first book is historically accurate—especially about Royal Navy stuff. But I had to remind myself that I did tons of research when I was writing that book, and made it as accurate as I could. I guess I’m already anticipating the harsh critiques I know I’m going to get from people who consider themselves “experts” in the era, so I’m starting it myself.

By: Renee

Renee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:04:14 +0000

I LOVE the pictures you posted on flikr, especially the houses, I can just imagine sitting in that lovely apricot sitting room or reading in the study *sigh* My dream home would have rooms exactly like that…it would also have to include Mr. Darcy Hahaha, guess that’s why it’s my “dream” house!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:43:54 +0000

I love the collection of images you’ve accumulated for the different settings in your books – it’s great to read the name of a place, and then be able to see a pic to give you an idea of what it looks like – especially for the historicals!!