tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post6089028145115183548..comments2024-03-29T05:16:11.201-04:00Comments on NineteenTeen: Dueling Dukes and Other EligiblesMarissa Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11248406475808085694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-56558880873054128272010-06-27T12:31:57.654-04:002010-06-27T12:31:57.654-04:00I did not know that Wellington fought a duel. Ver...I did not know that Wellington fought a duel. Very interesting. I do enjoy dueling in novels and wrote one into my recent novel. Sometimes a story just calls for a duel.Amy DeTrempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785965181851533070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-43913654307601992092010-06-26T13:05:34.701-04:002010-06-26T13:05:34.701-04:00I've read the same thing, QNPoohBear. I suspe...I've read the same thing, QNPoohBear. I suspect delope was one of those words. I generally enjoy dueling scenes too, but I can't seem to take them seriously since I saw the movie St. Ives. The hero is constantly challenged to duels in the beginning of the movie, for the most silly reasons! When he realizes he has a choice of meeting all his opponents on the field of honor or spending time with a pretty woman, he finds a way of getting out of the duels--by setting a pair of lobsters on his commanding officer's shoulders at dinner and ending up being demoted to a lower rank where dueling is forbidden!<br /><br />If you haven't seen the movie, I highly recommend it. Wonderful scenery and costumes, and absolutely hilarious lines!Regina Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16122254474376535221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730888263639781223.post-75038922710376391672010-06-25T22:08:23.210-04:002010-06-25T22:08:23.210-04:00I have to admit to enjoying dueling (in novels). I...I have to admit to enjoying dueling (in novels). I think it's a romantic plot point for gentlemen to duel over a lady's honor. Even Jane Austen uses dueling in her plot of Sense & Sensibility (in the background). Thanks for the information on the word delope. Heyer had a lot of copycats and I have read that she sometimes made up words deliberately to trip up her copycats.QNPoohBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14941631487565237299noreply@blogger.com