The Proposition (1999) (edit title/settings)

Marie T edited the table of contents of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• 29 numbered chapters
  Epilogue
  Family Tree
  About the Author
  Praise
  Other books by Judith Ivory
  Copyright
  About the Publisher

Marie T edited the settings of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• Added a setting: Newcastle: Where Mick told Winnie he was going to find a new position.
• marked the description of Newcastle as not a spoiler
• Added a setting: Uelle Castle: About an hour's carriage ride from Winnie's home. It belonged now to the 5th Duke of Arles but was where Winnie had been born and raised. The castle was on the Thames River, was built of yellowish stone and was enormous - larger than Buckingham.
• marked the description of Uelle Castle as not a spoiler

Marie T edited the glossary entries of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• Edited the description of secateurs: a kind of pruning shears with crossed blades
• Edited a term: coshescosh: A bludgeon or blackjack

Marie T edited the glossary entries of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• Added a term: secateurs
• Added a term: coshes

Marie T edited the settings of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• reordered the settings.
• changed the overview: England
• 1 : London: The capitol city in England, made up of many areas/sections, some much poorer than others.
• 2 : NewcastleKnightsbridge: Where Edwina (Winnie) lived. Her house was plain, held lots of books. The first place assigned to Mick had two rooms.
• 3 : Tailor's shop: On Saville Row; had thick carpets, polished wood floors, velvet chairs and tea tables among other beautiful and lovely things.
• 4 : Whitechapel: A poorer section of London where people spoke with Cockney accents.
• 5 : Alderwyck: In Cornwall, where Mick came from; a working class area in London's East End. His family still lived there.
• 4 : England:
• 2 : Cornwall:
• 5 : Sissingley:
• 6 : Paris:
• 7 : Brighton:
• 3 : Arles:

Marie T edited the characters of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• Edited the description of Duke of Arles: Milford Xavier Bollash, the 5th Duke, Marquess of Sissingley, an old man and very crochety. A distant cousin to Edwina, had inherited her father's estates.estates. Married to Vivian, a much younger woman.
• Added a character: Freddy: Mick's pet, a female ferret, 13 - older than ferrets usually lived.
• marked the description of Freddy as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Nancy: A woman at the Bull and Tun who danced.
• marked the description of Nancy as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Marie: A woman at the Bull and Tun; she was interested in Mick.
• marked the description of Marie as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Lionel and Helen Bollash: Edwina's parents; he was a liguist, she died early
• marked the description of Lionel and Helen Bollash as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Charlie: The bartender at the Bull and Tun
• marked the description of Charlie as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Baron's son: A man who was attracted to Winnie at the Bull and Tun
• marked the description of Baron's son as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Georgie: Winnie's carriage driver; his driving was shared by two other families
• marked the description of Georgie as not a spoiler

Marie T edited the characters of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• Edited a character: Mrs. ReedMagic: A terrier Mich used - and loved - for catching rats.
• Added a character: Milton: The butler, who'd been with Edwina for many years.
• marked the description of Milton as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Mrs. Molly Reed: Edwina's day woman, cooked and cleaned
• marked the description of Mrs. Molly Reed as not a spoiler

Marie T edited the characters of The Proposition Saturday, September 29, 2012.

• reordered the characters.
• Edited the description of Mick Tremore: Came from Cornwall, a ratcatcher, 30, handsome and very tall.
• Edited the description of Lady Edwina Bollash: Studied and tutored speech patterns, tall, not pretty, 29. Later, Mick called her Winnie.
• Added a character: Lady Whitting: A Baroness at the seamstress's.
• marked the description of Lady Whitting as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Nell: An assistant to the seamstress, who was her aunt.
• marked the description of Nell as not a spoiler
• Edited the description of Mr. Abernathy: Owner of the Abernathy and Freigh's tearoom.
• Edited the description of Jeremy Lamont: A twin, younger and slightly shorter than his brother; his accent told Edwina he'd been born near Brighton, was upper class.
• Edited the description of Emile Lamont: The other twin, thinner and more grumpy than his brother.
• Edited a character: XavierDuke of Arles: Milford Xavier Bollash, the 5th Duke, Marquess of Sissingley, an old man and very crochety. A distant cousin to Edwina, had inherited her father's estates.
• Added a character: Rezzo: Mich's friend, fathr of 15, printed counterfeit money in a basement.
• marked the description of Rezzo as not a spoiler
• Removed a character: Marie
• Removed a character: Freddie
• Removed a character: Winnie Bollash
• Removed a character: Michael

Jonetta (Ejaygirl) edited the characters of The Proposition Saturday, September 1, 2012.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important PeopleCharacters

Alexandra edited the series & lists of The Proposition Wednesday, December 28, 2011.

• Added this book in the series: AAR Top 100 Romances 2004 book 14 (authoritative list)