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If you met Rupert Campbell=Black - you WOULD punch him on the nose and call him a wanker

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MamaGrr · 02/02/2007 12:29

...so why did I quiver over him as a teen, reading JC?

WHY?

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MrsJohnCusack · 04/02/2007 19:59

I LOVE Prudence
It's one of my favourite books - a real comfort read. I have all of those with the funny Jilly covers.

tribpot · 04/02/2007 19:54

RCB isn't a polo player, just to be pedantic. Apparently he could have gone to 10 if he had tried (natch) but decided to focus on other things.

He is an arse. But I think of him as a vastly more attractive version of Clarkson, to be honest, in which case you would be so busy laughing at his political incorrectness that you would fail to be appropriately, Mumsnettily annoyed and shag him anyway.

WWWCampbellBlack · 04/02/2007 19:50

Helen was a drip, absolutely, I didn't have much sympathy either.

WWWCampbellBlack · 04/02/2007 19:50

Me too MrsJC, I remember a line from Prudence, said to the heroine as some cad peeled off her clothes, it was somethnig like "hmm, you're not exactly Prudent by nature are you?" or something. And all the covers featured Jilly in misty make up! There were things like homes for unmarried mothers mentioned in those earlier novels too!

MrsJohnCusack · 04/02/2007 19:48

Helen was a drip though. never felt very sympathetic towards her

have very disturbing indepth knowledge of JC novels. including all the ones of excerpts of shorter pieces, those Octavia, Bella, Prudence etc. novels etc. I think she's tremendous

MrsJohnCusack · 04/02/2007 19:45

so FUNNY switching on Mumsnet and seeing this name...
yes his son the pianist was Marcus

I always liked Viking too, and all the argentinian polo players. but when I first read Riders (FAR too young) I liked Billy too.
Enid Lloyd Foxe DOES sound good

WWWCampbellBlack · 04/02/2007 19:36

He's a fantastic romantic hero imo: drop dead gorgeously handsome; easily bored, witty and irreverent; rich and extremely successful at what he does, which is play POLO and run a yard. He has a helicopter, is a good friend to Billy (well, when not shagging his wife, ahem), Declan and the headmaster in Wicked, what's he called, can't remember. He's generous and sulky and witty and he really loves Taggie and is actually faithful to her once he's met and fallen in love with her.

Although he was horrible to his first wife Helen and to his first son, the piano player, can't remember his name either, oh was it Marcus?

WWWCampbellBlack · 04/02/2007 19:31

Oh here it is! Goodness no, I wouldn't call Rupert a wanker, I think he is swoonsome, no punching would be involved at all! Although I'd be like Maud in Rivals, too old for him.

tenbygirl · 04/02/2007 15:47

No, I'd sleep with him

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MamaGrr · 02/02/2007 17:35

Oh yes Viking

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Cloudhopper · 02/02/2007 17:35

God, anyone but Rannaldini. [disgusted emoticon].

No - usually the bit players. Or Viking from the music one - must be the Irish accent or something.

DeputyMacDawg · 02/02/2007 13:39

Always preferred Billy, myself

themoon66 · 02/02/2007 13:33

Book was very amusing I thought. Perfect beach holiday stuff.

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themoon66 · 02/02/2007 13:19

Oh but wasn't the video rubbish compared to the book?

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MamaGrr · 02/02/2007 13:10

lol

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lulumama · 02/02/2007 12:50

yes we are !!!

i liked the sound of his son, wolfie !!

themoon66 · 02/02/2007 12:49

JC's argentinian polo players always sound bloody yummy.

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MamaGrr · 02/02/2007 12:47

ranaldini is a midget anyway

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MamaGrr · 02/02/2007 12:46

ROFL

lulu we aer owning up to reading FAR too much JC here

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lulumama · 02/02/2007 12:46

like rannaldini????

Cloudhopper · 02/02/2007 12:45

They're all "Tim, nice but dim"s. I always thought the foreign intelligentsia sounded more sexy.