tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731753818569067213.post5990786262587156127..comments2024-02-28T00:16:25.833-08:00Comments on Francine Mathews / Stephanie Barron: A Fine Naval Fervour: Jane and the Prisoner of Wool HouseStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01190171603034228824noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731753818569067213.post-78413923606225444332011-07-04T18:32:33.317-07:002011-07-04T18:32:33.317-07:00I supposed Frank and Mary made the most of the tim...I supposed Frank and Mary made the most of the time that they had. :)<br><br>I re-read this book a number of times.Brooke from The Bluestocking Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832634751075478091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731753818569067213.post-33036689490328012392011-06-26T14:00:11.780-07:002011-06-26T14:00:11.780-07:00Yes, Frank finally married Martha Lloyd (Jane and ...Yes, Frank finally married Martha Lloyd (Jane and Cassandra had always thought there was a possibility of it, when the two were single and young) when they were both a great deal older. His first wife Mary died, as so many of Jane's sisters-in-law did, after the birth of her eleventh baby. Astounding that with all Frank's time at sea, she was so constantly pregnant. But there you are.Stephanie Barronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731753818569067213.post-6314221692516884332011-06-24T11:34:45.896-07:002011-06-24T11:34:45.896-07:00Yet again your novels pique curiosity: after Geniu...Yet again your novels pique curiosity: after Genius I hungered for more history of Edward and his Lizzy, and now I'm curious about Frank's journey from this East India convoy with "no hope of prizes" to admiralty with, I assume, increased financial security. Too, I had thought Martha was the woman who retired with Jane, Cassandra, and their mother to Chawton, yet you name her as Frank's future wife--I am intrigued. The difficult position for the apparently short-lived Mary, too, as her husband sails out of her life highlights what I believe must have been the rather forlorn lot of a naval wife--how kind of Jane Austen to allow Anne (nee Elliot) Wentworth to "glory in being a sailor's wife" and the moviemakers to place Anne at Fredrick's side on his ship.<br><br>Thank you for another beautifully researched narrative--Southampton and Portsmouth are vivid indeed, and your allusions to both the romantic and the desperately harsh elements of naval life complement what I've garnered from the Horatio series (though I admit reading only the beginnings and ends of Forestor's books to uncover Hornblower's port life--sacrilege, I'm sure).darcykwentworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731753818569067213.post-70918838868307158762011-06-18T18:39:10.270-07:002011-06-18T18:39:10.270-07:00I'm surprised the Wool House is still there wi...I'm surprised the Wool House is still there with the havoc wreaked by Henry the VIII on the Cistercian Monks. Wonderful blog post...thank you!Olivianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4731753818569067213.post-31135552113322754642011-06-14T20:30:45.335-07:002011-06-14T20:30:45.335-07:00Lovely Stephanie. Walking in Austen's footstep...Lovely Stephanie. Walking in Austen's footsteps is an adventure I one day hope to experience. Thanks for sharing your travelogue in Janeland! Love the photos. The Prisoner of the Wool House has been one of favorites in the series because of the Royal Navy connections. I too have a fine naval fervour.Laurel Ann (Austenprose)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07569869772159241024noreply@blogger.com