I do not have a problem that Rupert is an awful human being. I do not have a problem that he gets everything he wishes for in the end: success, the love of his wife, and a bit of fun with another woman who conveniently moves on. You could even applaud Cooper for writing someone that is not that far from reality. What I do have a problem with is that we are supposed to consider this a happy ending, with a literal tribute to Rupert at the end. We are meant to be worried about the (negligible) risks he took, boo and hiss at the evilness of his enemies, and shout "hoorah for Rupert" when he wins at life. Even if he suffers no consequences, there are consequences for those whom work with him, socialise with him, and are rivaled by him. Yet at the end, everything is tied up in a nice little bow and we marvel at what a fantastic man Rupert is. I just can't buy it. Although many of her novels have "spiced up" scenes these do not overshadow a gripping yarn in this novel. It is unlike me to spend half a year reading one of her books but time has been limited for doing anything recently although I have read the final 25% in little more than a week. I haven't read the whole book and I probably won't. I am terrified of being outed here, because that really would be faintmakingly awful, but all I can say is:

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Georgette Heyer is one of my favourite writers. She taught me so much history, and fantasizing about her macho Regency heroes made boarding school much more bearable. I loved setting the Prologue in Mount! in the eighteenth century, because here lies the key to the whole story. But I couldn’t keep it up for an entire book, I rely on modern slang too much. On the other hand, I adore anachronisms. I can’t remember which film it was when some warrior bellowed: ‘Men of the Middle Ages, let us go forth and fight the Hundred Years’ War!’ This was the sixth book in the series. It featured Sir Robert Rannaldini. He was very successful but a disgusting being in the world. His only ambitions were; making history in the musical industry by making a movie of Verdi’s darkest opera, Don Carlos and to seduce his 19 year old daughter Tabitha Campbell. The theme of class dominates much of her writing and her non-fiction (including Class itself), which is written from an explicitly upper-middle-class British perspective, with emphasis on the relationships between men and women, and matters of social class in contemporary Britain.After bumping into an old school friend, Gussie, and falling for her fiancé, Jeremy, Octavia is invited to spend the weekend with them on their canal boat. Characteristically, she convinces herself that Jeremy cannot possibly have real affection for the overweight and clumsy Gussie, and she is determined to win Jeremy by the end of the weekend. But when Jeremy invites Welsh firebrand Gareth Llewellyn along for the ride, Octavia finds her plans disrupted in more ways than one. Oh DEAR. I'm scanning my way through the endless chapters on the intricacies of a local horse race in the hope of finding a few words on humans, preferably one I know, or a crumb or two of humour or raunch. Any issues with the book list you are seeing? Or is there an author or series we don’t have? Let me know!

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Despite this, is fair to describe Cooper as an accomplished writer, using the plot as a conveyor belt to roll in and out characters as necessary. I did not struggle to follow the story or comprehend motivations. Cooper also understands the key aspect of horse-racing: Write about the actual racing as little as possible. Characterisation is also, generally, a strong point for Cooper. I hate nearly all of them, but she gives me good reasons to hate them. She writes on a manual typewriter, christened Monica. “I feel very guilty about not working. I work at weekends. I do like working, and now Leo’s gone it’s a good substitute for loneliness.” One thing that I enjoyed was the relationship between Eddie, Rupert's father who has dementia, and Love Rat, Rupert's favorite stud. Barber, Richard (7 April 2017). "Jilly Cooper: 'My books are my babies' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 March 2019. Treadwell-Collins said Cooper’s “iconic novels’ razor-sharp observations on class, sex, love and what it means to be British resonate even more today than when Jilly wrote them in the 1980s”.

Cooper's recent works received a variety of responses from critics, with The Guardian praising "her near-magical ability to conjure up a world and populate it with people for whom you feel a deep affection" [4] and Express calling Jump "one of her most captivating novels yet." [5] The Rutshire Chronicles [ edit ] Unfortunately, both parents and staff members neglect to take a closer look at this radical move. On the other hand, students get an opportunity to create more mayhem than usual.

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An ambitious and stunningly attractive headmaster, Hengsit Brett-Taylor, comes up with a plan to share his school’s facilities with Larkminster Comprehensive aka ‘Larks’. His intentions were purely financial but they changed once he met Janna Curtis, the new head of Larks. Janna’s objective is to save the school from closure. In addition, she is pretty, young, brave and enthusiastic. She is determined to do anything to save her school from closure. Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that Love Rat, his adored grey horse, be proclaimed champion stallion. He longs to trounce Roberto’s Revenge, the stallion owned by his detested rival Cosmo Rannaldini, which means abandoning his racing empire at Penscombe and his darling wife Taggie, and chasing winners in the richest races worldwide, from Dubai to Los Angeles to Melbourne. We all learned so much from her: that the correct amount of perfume to wear is roughly half a bottle, so you trail it like a ship’s wake. To never underestimate the power of clean hair. That it is perfectly fine and normal to get a bit sweaty and red in the face while throwing a dinner party; have casual sex with stable hands or get paralytically drunk at any given opportunity. It is not at all fine to be greedy; to gossip about someone while pretending to pity them, or show off about – or even mention – your children. And of course one must vow eternal vengeance on anyone who so much as snubs an animal of any sort. Find sources: "Rutshire Chronicles"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Jilly was born in Essex, England to Mary Elaine and Brigadier W.B Sallitt. Surrey and IIkley were the towns she grew up in. Jilly attended Moorfield School and Godolphin School. a b "Biography with magazine quotations". Archived from the original on 21 February 2008 . Retrieved 27 August 2004. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)