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Summary: Classic Heyer
Review: "~The Masqueraders was the first Heyer novel I ever read, and it hooked me right away. Georgette Heyer takes the most unlikely characters, situations, and dialogue, and turns them into an effervescent treat. Nothing that happens is believable, but she tells it with such conviction that you don't care! man-mountain with perspicacity, midnight swordfights, masquerades-within-masquerades, and the most high-handed foppish audacity possible embedded in one old gentleman, this book makes for extremely entertaining reading.
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Summary: Classic Heyer
Review: "~The Masqueraders was the first Heyer novel I ever read, and it hooked me right away. Georgette Heyer takes the most unlikely characters, situations, and dialogue, and turns them into an effervescent treat. Nothing that happens is believable, but she tells it with such conviction that you don't care! man-mountain with perspicacity, midnight swordfights, masquerades-within-masquerades, and the most high-handed foppish audacity possible embedded in one old gentleman, this book makes for extremely entertaining reading.
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Summary: AN INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE YOU WILL NOT SOON FORGET!!
Review: 10+ "The Masqueraders" is an excellent Georgette Heyer historical romance. No author has come remotely close to the elegence, style, and knowledge Georgette Heyer brought to her characters and the period. She is the standard to which all historical romance writers aspire-or should. I have been re-reading "The Masqueraders" and her other books for over 20 years. If you could but see my poor, beat-up, yellow-paged, cover-torn paperback edition for which I originally paid 75 cents! In an age where sex scenes are "de riguer" (as Miss Heyer would write), it is a true testimonial that I unerringly return to my favorite writer of all time year after year. Nothing steamier than a kiss, but oh, how she entices you with her words! Frankly, I wouldn't go near a deserted island without my Georgette Heyer's!
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Summary: A favorite for over 20 years!
Review: 10+ "The Masqueraders" is an excellent Georgette Heyer historical romance. No author has come remotely close to the elegence, style, and knowledge Georgette Heyer brought to her characters and the period. She is the standard to which all historical romance writers aspire-or should. I have been re-reading "The Masqueraders" and her other books for over 20 years. If you could but see my poor, beat-up, yellow-paged, cover-torn paperback edition for which I originally paid 75 cents! In an age where sex scenes are "de riguer" (as Miss Heyer would write), it is a true testimonial that I unerringly return to my favorite writer of all time year after year. Nothing steamier than a kiss, but oh, how she entices you with her words! Frankly, I wouldn't go near a deserted island without my Georgette Heyer's!
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Summary: still makes for fun/good rereading
Review: Another one of my favourite Georgette Heyer romance novels -- though truth to tell I have so many favourite Georgette Heyer novels that I've begun to think that it may be actually more enlightening to list the ones that I believe only merit 3 1/2 stars! But, with a plot can (successfully) boast of possessing the elements of romance, adventure and intrigue, "The Masqueraders" definitely does merit a 5 star rating. Prudence Merriot and her brother, Robin, are back in England again because their father (affectionately dubbed by his children as "the old gentleman") has a plan to restore their fortunes. Used to a life on the run (the Merriots, or rather Robin, were involved in the most recent Jacobin uprising) and of adventure, both Prudence and Robin are beginning to find such a life chafing, esp now that they've met the elegant Sir Anthony Fanshawe and the enchanting Miss Letty Grayson. Both Sir Anthony and Letty are members of the ton, and would look for utter respectability from their potential spouses. Would either ever contemplate tying themselves to Prudence or Robin with their shady pasts and their rascally father? And on top of it all there is a further complication: Prudence is masquerading as a man, and Robin as a woman! How on earth can the Merriot siblings hope to woo and be wooed when they're both pretending to be something that they are not! What I rather liked about "The Masqueraders," aside from the cleverly done cross dressing subplot, was that Ms Heyer showed us that a hero and heroine could be sensible, quietish and pleasantly good looking and still be the kind of hero and heroine that most readers would thrill to -- heroes and heroines didn't always have to be devastatingly good looking or rakish. Prudence and Sir Anthony are (both) my type of hero and heroine, and are the perfect foils for Letty and Robin -- the better looking and more dramatic couple. And really liking both the hero and heroine, I've found, can go a long way to making a novel a lot more enjoyable. So that, even though the language was at times a bit dated, my whole hearted liking of Prudence, Sir Anthony, Robin and Letty, together with a very swiftly paced and exciting storyline, made "The Masqueraders" a thoroughly fun reread.
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Summary: My favorite as a young girl.
Review: Brother and sister trying to evade the authorities (they're Jacobitea) by switching identities and genders, but they get caught up in the beau monde by coming to the rescue of an eloping heiress with second thoughts. Always a tom-boy, I loved the heroine's strength and non-conformism. The hero is placid and intelligent with surprising depths of humor. As usual, her secondary characters are brilliant, with the heroine's father stealing the show.
If you haven't read Heyer this is a great start. If you have, and missed this one, you'll be thrilled.
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Summary: The Masqueraders is the epitome of Regency writing.
Review: For over a decade now, my mother and I have shared a passion for Heyer and her magnificent works! Each of us has different titles and we each enjoy the marvellous stories. Not only does Heyer have an amazing grasp of the period; she also has smart, infectiously funny dialogue. I have been reading Geogette Heyer novels for years, and I have to say that The Masqueraders is her best. Set in the period immediately after the failed Jacobite rebellion, Prudence falls in love with a staid, sober Sir Anthony. However enchanting the central love tangle may be, like all of Heyer's other novels, the secondary characters steal the show! I keep having to replace my rather tattered copy, because I re-read this one every year or so!
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Summary: The Masqueraders is the epitome of Regency writing.
Review: For over a decade now, my mother and I have shared a passion for Heyer and her magnificent works! Each of us has different titles and we each enjoy the marvellous stories. Not only does Heyer have an amazing grasp of the period; she also has smart, infectiously funny dialogue. I have been reading Geogette Heyer novels for years, and I have to say that The Masqueraders is her best. Set in the period immediately after the failed Jacobite rebellion, Prudence falls in love with a staid, sober Sir Anthony. However enchanting the central love tangle may be, like all of Heyer's other novels, the secondary characters steal the show! I keep having to replace my rather tattered copy, because I re-read this one every year or so!
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Summary: hmmm....
Review: I always like all of Georgette Heyer's books, ever since I read 'The Devil's Cub.' This book was not as good as 'devil's cub'. It's just not plausible. I mean, in this book there are these 2 people(brother & sister), Prudence & Robin Merriot & they exchange roles & change names. i.e, Prudence becomes a man, while Robin disguises himself as a woman. And then the story unfolds. I won't bother repeating the whole story, but it just wasn't upto her usual standards. But I'll say this for her, she sure writes well & her description of the people & their dresses etc are given so vividly that u can almost see them.
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Summary: This is Georgette Heyer at her best!
Review: If you like Georgette Heyer, you should absolutely read this book! "The Masqueraders" is full of adventure, wit, and plots. The characters are very well-developed and hilarious! This is my favorite Georgette Heyer book by far!
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