Banquet of Lies
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781451684452 (1451684452)
ASIN: 1451684452
Publish date: 2013-10-24
Publisher: Gallery
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Historical Romance,
Historical Mystery,
Regency,
Regency Romance,
Historical
I loved this novel – the characters, the tightly woven plot, the tension thrumming in the air, and the fast pacing. A historical thriller, set in 1812, the book also includes a romantic element. In the beginning of the story, twenty-one-year-old Gigi, the only daughter of a famous British folklorist...
Michelle Diener is among my favorite historical novelists. I've read four of her five published novels and just adored them all -- and this one is no exception.The novel opens in Stockholm, Sweden in February 1812. Giselle 'Gigi' Barrington is at a dinner party, explaining that while her father trav...
I finished the book in a day, I just read and read, and then I read some more. I almost did it in one sitting too if I had not had to go grocery shopping.There is a lightness over the writing that makes the pages fly on by. And then there is the suspense/mystery/drama that just makes it impossible t...
I think I said it when I was talking about Michelle Diener's [b:The Emperor's Conspiracy|13537542|The Emperor's Conspiracy|Michelle Diener|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1352491303s/13537542.jpg|19099622]. She is a modern Georgette Heyer. "Banquet of Lies" just confirms it. Yes, there is...
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