Lit Reader’s Reviews > Her Grace Revisited: A Pride & Prejudice Vagary > Status Update

As we already knew, this author did poor research on nobility titles, usage, styles, or inheritance — she seems to belive that ascendance into an hereditary title works just the same as the investiture of honours (Knighthood, for ex), problem is THEY DON’T!

Also, widowed Duchess loses all courtesy titles if she remarries, she would not be Dowager unless (unmarried), her son married and got himself a new Duchess

Widowed Duchess Lizzy hires bachelor Darcy Jr (his father still lives and he is not Master of Pemberly) as male nanny for her children, and/or a live-in position as steward’s substitute and companion — totally mindblowing how anyone could think this makes sense !

Poor use of styles of address is a cheap mistake, it shows the author is writing details above their comfort zone >> Lady [fist name] means she is the daughter of a Duke/Marquess/Earl. The wife of a Duke should be styled Lady + Title, Lady Hertfordshire, for example

It’s always so cringe for me to read stories where authors unleash their own misogyny and sadism on their characters. We have read countless stories where Caroline or Lady Catherine are severely punished, humiliated, phsysically restrained or even harmed (to the chilling glee of the writer!)

This story brings something new = punishment & humiliation for young Darcy, sentencing him to humbling manual work…

Another pet peeve of mine is when these “historical” variations impose American Middle Class values on supposed Regency characters; for example, when an elderly couple decides to move to The Dower House and leave the main house/manor/estate free for the “young geeneration” to reign over, LOL!

No way in H*ll would a Mr. Darcy or other master “retire” into a dower house & check out! Just NO!

This carcrash was too much for me to pass up!

Having read the previous/original installment, my curiosity was piqued