A review by jamiegc
The Nobleman's Daughter by Jen Geigle Johnson
4.0
A squeaky-clean, Regency romance that is more about the awareness of the fights for social reform during the early 19th century.
Lady Amanda and Lord Nathaniel— both are members of the aristocracy who secretly work towards the rights for all men, both they both must play an act in high society.
*The plot centers around the events leading up to the Peterloo Massacre, a peaceful protest of 60,000 people for the working man’s (and woman’s!) right to vote that ended in a cavalry charge. 500 people were injured and 19 people died.
I really liked learning about this part of English history. Voting rights were not given to all men (city dwellers, then farmers, etc) until the 1850s. But the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre got the conversation started.
**This is why I love historical fiction! I love learning about those small or forgotten events in history.
***not marketed as a sequel (maybe because of timeline discrepancies that needed to be made for each story to be told) is the book “A Lady’s Maid”. This tells the story of Amanda’s maid, Molly.
Lady Amanda and Lord Nathaniel— both are members of the aristocracy who secretly work towards the rights for all men, both they both must play an act in high society.
*The plot centers around the events leading up to the Peterloo Massacre, a peaceful protest of 60,000 people for the working man’s (and woman’s!) right to vote that ended in a cavalry charge. 500 people were injured and 19 people died.
I really liked learning about this part of English history. Voting rights were not given to all men (city dwellers, then farmers, etc) until the 1850s. But the aftermath of the Peterloo Massacre got the conversation started.
**This is why I love historical fiction! I love learning about those small or forgotten events in history.
***not marketed as a sequel (maybe because of timeline discrepancies that needed to be made for each story to be told) is the book “A Lady’s Maid”. This tells the story of Amanda’s maid, Molly.