![]() In 2003 her entire collection of Indian War stories was re-published in Here's to the Ladies: Stories from the Frontier Army. Ms Kelly has also written an acclaimed series of short stories about the men, women and children of Fort Laramie during the Indian Wars era of American history. Her stories are distinguished by authentic, well-researched detail and lightened by a ready sense of humour. Ms Kelly goes against the norms of the genre by focusiing her attention not on the glittering world of London society and the social elite, but on the other 99.9% of the population occupying England. They are quiet achievers influencing the world on small, personal stages, making a difference in their own lives and others ultimately by acts of kindness rather than daring. In surviving the effects of war and in helping other survivors her characters find in themselves qualities of strength and purpose not previously evident. A major theme in her books is how war touches the lives of ordinary people. Ms Kelly began writing Regency Romances because of her interest in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). ![]()
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