If, like myself, you’ve never read a Georgette Heyer novel, this novel is a good place on which to start. Her writing is so much fun. It’s pure entertainment. She takes some of the best aspects of 18th Century literature, writing in the style of Henry Fielding and Frances Burney, also throwing in a ...
At first glance, the subtitle of this book was somewhat confusing. Granted, that's likely because the copy I borrowed from the public library was a (first edition?) hardcover completely lacking a dust jacket, so there was no summary or blurb or anything else of that sort. Still, it took a bit for th...
Character, character, character. Every single personality in this book WAS a personality, good or bad, and popped right out of the page. This book reminded me a great deal of Pride & Prejudice -- there were similarities everywhere, from the reasons they initially disliked each other to how the heroi...
Sylvester has always been and remains one of my favorites. All three of the main characters are marvellous, and I love to hate Lady Ianthe. Comforting re-read there.----I bought 13 books from Amazon, using a gift card from my aunt and uncle. This was one of them, which was nice because I really li...
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