Pistols for Two
Affairs of honour, affairs of the heart, and all the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette Heyer has made her own are exquisitely revived in these eleven short stories of the Regency.
Affairs of honour, affairs of the heart, and all the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette Heyer has made her own are exquisitely revived in these eleven short stories of the Regency.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330247719 (0330247719)
Publish date: 1976-08-13
Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Pages no: 213
Edition language: English
I never knew Georgette Heyer wrote short stories on top of the prodigious number of full length novels she wrote over her career, until after I bought this book at a used book shop. 11 short stories, all entertaining, but average, with Gretna Green and comedic misunderstandings playing heavily thr...
Read this on the overseas trip. I really liked a few of the stories, all of which are basically the plots of her full-length novels, so you can get a good feel for her work and if you will like it from this without investing hours of time. Read March 17-18, 2013
Pistols for Two is a collection of short stories by Georgette Heyer. Most, though not all, are romance-oriented, and I believe all are set in her favored Regency period. This mixture of clandestine elopements, duels, strange inns, and the trials of the road are all what you would expect to find i...
I know that LMM and GH are two different authors that barely have things in common: one was inspired in little towns set in Canada, the other in Regency era set in Great Britain. But this book is certainly a "Kindred Spirit", and has a resemblance to the short stories I enjoy reading so much, writte...
Fast read but nothing special.
11 years ago
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