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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I've tried a couple of Georgette Heyer books set in the Regency era and found them frustrating because it feels like the author tried too hard to make them sound like they are from another time. All the slang is really annoying to me. I find it easier to read the works of Jane Austen, who actually lived and wrote in the period.
It must be difficult for a writer to try to make language sound authentically from a different time.
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Patrick O’Brian. Books set during the Napoleonic Wars and every bit as readable as Jane Austen and with distinct period flavor. I agree with you about Heyer; she’s screaming, “Look at all the research I did!”