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Plot Summary of Lady of Hay
"Joanna, a journalist, finds herself remembering a past life as a medieveal noblewoman after being hypnotised.

Her journeys into the past are not happy, but then neither is her present and she finds it harder and harder to return after each regression into the past.

But what will happen if she continues until Matilda, Lady of Hay, dies?
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Annette Gisby, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Lady of Hay
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Plot
Time/era of story - Distant past/middle ages
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Time Travel Yes
Type of time travel - present to past

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Ireland
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
What % of story is romance related? - 60%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
Focus of story - many multiple characters
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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