for Duchess By Night The sexiest scenes in Duchess by Night happen during Harriet and Jem’s sword fighting lessons. I got the idea while reading Barbara Holland’s Gentlemen’s Blood, a history of sword-fighting. In the 17th century, La Maupin was a principal singer at the French Opéra, and one of her lovers was a famous fencing master who gave her lessons (a detail that sprang to life in Jem’s training lessons). A few years later La Maupin insulted a lady at a ball, and the lady’s gentlemen friends demanded she leave. Instead she challenged them to a duel. She accompanied them outside, skewered them all, shook out her skirts and returned to the dance. By all accounts, La Maupin was utterly gorgeous – and she loved to dress as a man in her spare time!
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