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The famous
Berry Brothers of St. James. Still in the wine
business after 300 years. Nona Sofia has an important
meeting here in No True Gentleman. |
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The
front side of
St. James's Palace. This unassuming building
without fences or gardens is arguably the most important of
all England's palaces. |
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The side door into
Bow Street Magistrate's Court. (Abandon
hope, ye who enter here.) |
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The
Covent Garden Piazza, which was not built until 1809.
Click here to read a brief history. |
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Beautiful doorways in Queen Anne's Gate, above Cockpit
Stairs (where Max got hit on the head in No True
Gentleman.) |
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The sign of George
& Dragon, one of my favorite old inns. I had to lean
out the window to shoot this one. |
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A view of Exmoor above the Bristol channel. This area is the
setting for A Deal with the Devil. |
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The rolling farmland of Somerset. I like to imagine Lord
Walrafen riding his horse here. |
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The elegant little village of Dunster, and high above it,
the tower of Dunster Castle. In Giles' book, these become
the village of Walrafen and Castle Cardow. |
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The gatehouse at
Dunster Castle. |
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The parapet wall which snakes around Dunster castle. I like
to imagine my heroine, Lady Aubrey Farquharson, strolling
here late at night. |
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The dramatic Somerset coastline. |
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The Lamb and the Flag (from Beauty Like the Night) |
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The Prospect of Whitby (from No True Gentleman). |
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A typical
mews
in Mayfair, now turned into elegant flats and houses. |
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A view up Chesterfield Street in Mayfair. |
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Number 4 Chesterfield St., Mayfair.
Beau Brummel once lived here. |
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Number 22, Charles St., Mayfair. When he was Duke of
Clarence, King William IV housed his mistress and their many
children there. |
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A beautiful Mayfair townhouse. This one is in Brook Street.
In A Woman Scorned, I gave it a double-front, and used it as Jonet's house. |
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This is Grosvenor Square, surrounded by Regency and Georgian
townhouses. |
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Part of the Serpentine in Hyde Park. |
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A view of the inner courtyard gardens a Thornbury Castle
near the River Severn. Parts of the castle inspired my
historical, A Deal with the Devil. |
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The "romantic ruins" at Thornbury Castle. |
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Our room at Thornbury. |
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A pretty Glouchestershire village of Cotswold stone.
This is what I imagine Cheston-on-the-Water looks like in
Beauty Like the Night. |
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This house looks a little like Lord Treyhern's house,
Chalcote, in Beauty Like the Night. |
