Jilly Cooper has a new book :)

[Alouiseg]

It will be published in September and it's called "Jump"

I cannot wait

Wasn't Rupert Campbell Black blonde? If so it would have to be Penry Jones although personally I would like to see Richard Armitage naked in another role.

did oyu just fucking say squee

I thought "squee" had been approved for use as it only caused mild offence?

MayorNaze - look out for Class, it's the one i mentioned on that thread a week or two ago.

Getorf - i can imagine you (or what i expect you look like) romping around the Gloucestershire countryside

Love Jilly. She was interviewed on the racing (Derby/Oaks weekend i think) and was talking about her new book. It is very exciting

I have never heard of squee before that MN is common thread

I bet Jilly says "squee".

Second the love for Class.

Plus if you like Jilly and have never read any Nancy Mitford you MUST - Love in a Cold Climate and Pursuit of Love are very Jilly.

Now, Alice do you think i look like a Jilly heroine running round Gloucestershire a la Taggie or Perdita, or do you think I am more like Mrs Bodkin, or one of the dogs or horses.

(you may lie in your answer if you wish )

The dogs are always described in very flattering terms.

And the horses as well, to be fair.

Except Sailor. He was an old nag.

God. I really am sad when i have encyclopaedic knowledge of teh names of the bloody animals in a book.

Yes, but even the old nags were spoken of fondly

Getorf - i am thinking perhaps Lizzie Vereker or Georgie Maguire type

I want to be Janey she was Billy's wife and was always drinking too early in the day and being disgraceful.

I bet Richard Armitage would make a brilliant Declan.

yes I was thinking I was more of a janey type. She looks like a laugh.

Or Daisy France Lynch.

Alouiseg - I think of you as Cameron - frighteningly organised in a YSL tuxedo.

Ooh - this is group therapy!! Thought I was Jilly's hugest, most anoraky and loyal fan ever but it seems I am mistaken.

She is an excellent, excellent writer: no-one can hold a candle to her when it comes to a well-placed metaphor or a perfect piece of lyrical countryside description, and she's the only person I know who can write horrible, selfish, spoiled heroes and heroines that you still care deeply about.

(I wanted to be Janey Lloyd-Foxe when I grew up as well. Until Taggie came along 2 years later and was a much more positive role model.)

Ive just found Polo in a box of books at the back of our church left over from the booksale last weekend! Well worth 50p!!

Yay! My holy trilogy has just arrived. Give praise for Amazon Prime - only ordered at about 17.15 yesterday - 24 hour turnaround - how impressive is that? I've just poured myself a vodka and tonic and I'm going to lie on the sofa and start the first one immediately. I just don''t care that it is pre-vodka watershed, and the kids haven't been fed. I shall allow myself one hour.

GetorfMoiLand - the PV you were trying to remember was Wicked Pleasures.

Oh, I read the early ones ragged - Riders up to The man Who - but I didn't get on with the music ones and Wicked was just bizarre, I seem to remember she described a ten year old girl as having 'succulent thighs'? God knows how that got past her editor. I'll be glad, but surprised, if she returns to form.

Fellatio - how Janey LF /Maud O'Hara - lying on the sofa drinking vodka with a book during the day

Sorry for the word which caused mild offence, I have had quite a break from here and was unaware that there was a veto.

TBH I think anyone visiting this thread, a little like going on a bumsex titled thread to say you are offended by the subject matter, and expecting indepth academic discussions may be being rather optimistic.

Lima Well I don't know who they are yet, but I've never been one to allow duty to stand in the way of a drinkie and good book!

(Yuk. 'drinkie' is horrid, isn't it? But I somehow imagine it might be pertinent if I'm to be compared to a JC character.)

catalog - don't worry about it. I can never find the bumsex threads to be offended by them. Believe me, I've looked.

Just seen this thread - fantastic! There was an article in Harpers and Queen a few years ago with a Jilly Cooper quiz and Elizabeth Hurley saying how much she loved the books...particularly the early ones. My friends and I used to have long conversations as teenagers about which of the early heroes we'd like to marry and which was our favourite book...I loved Harriet' and Cory Erskine. I re-read 'Emily' recently and thought Rory Balniel was pretty unpleasant!

Fellatio they're all good characters - you can't fail to love them - really hope you enjoy the books after all the hype!

Are you starting with Riders?