Spotlight: Prudence Pursued by Shirley Raye Redmond

Prudence Pursued

By Shirley Raye Redmond

Astraea Press, July 2014

Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and Kobo

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Despite Prudence Pentyre’s best efforts, her cousin Margaret proves

reluctant to accept Sir James Brownell’s marriage proposal, and fears

being “bovinised” if she undergoes the controversial cowpox vaccination he

recommends. And the dashing baronet seems more concerned about the plight

of headhunters in Borneo than Margaret’s refusal. Then Prudence suddenly

finds herself smitten with the man. What can she do?

Here are a few startling facts that will help readers of PRUDENCE PURSUED

and other Regency romance novels appreciate Edward Jenner’s contributions

to the era so popular with fiction readers:

(1)    In its day, smallpox was referred to as “the speckled monster. (2)    It

killed hundreds of millions of people—more than the Black Death and the

wars of the 20th century put together!

(3)    President Thomas Jefferson, who used the Jennerian method to vaccinate

his own family, friends, and slaves, once wrote to Jenner: “Yours is the

comfortable reflection that mankind can never forget that you have lived.”

(4)    A woman who was considered a “great beauty” during this time period

was usually one who had not been seriously disfigured by smallpox. It was

understood by portrait artists of the day that they were not to paint in

the disfigurements and pockmarks of their subjects.

(5)    Jane Austen’s dearest friend Martha Lloyd was scarred by smallpox for

the remainder of her life. Several members of the Lloyd household died

from the disease. A character in Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey is

disfigured and crippled by the dreaded disease.

And what do pretty milkmaids have to do with Jenner’s discovery of the

possible prevention of smallpox? Read PRUDENCE PURSUED and find out! And

enjoy a lively love story along the way.

Summary:

Prudence Pursued By Shirley Raye Redmond

Despite Prudence Pentyre’s best efforts, her cousin Margaret proves

reluctant to accept Sir James Brownell’s marriage proposal,

and fears being “bovinised” if she undergoes the controversial cowpox

vaccination he recommends.

And the dashing baronet seems more concerned about the spiritual plight of

 headhunters in Borneo than Margaret’s refusal.

Then Prudence suddenly finds herself smitten with the man. What to do?

What to do?

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