Probably only interesting to me, but

I did a reread of all the biographies of Ouida back to back so that I could compare/contrast them and chart the progression of the way she's portrayed in them.

( CUT FOR 2000 WORDS OF COMPARISON )

( CUT FOR THE ORIGINAL GOODREADS REVIEW OF EACH BIOGRAPHY; SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT EACH BIO IN THESE REVIEWS )

I accidentally read Stirling's bio first instead of reading them in chronological order, and it's interesting to me how much better I think Stirling's bio is now that I've suffered through Lee and Bigland. LOL