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Summary: One of the Top Two
Review: This book and The Grand Sophy are my two favorite Heyer books! The scene where Hugh orchestrates a diversion with all of the family as unwitting characters in a play is one of the most memorable of any I have read. What a hero! My father, sister, brother and I can put ourselves in stitches merely by reminding each other about this scene. I really love this book!
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Summary: Regency Fluff
Review: This book is a silly comedy of manners in the regency period. People don't know who (or what) they want, start by choosing the wrong thing (or person), and everything is all wrapped up in the last page like an over-sweet chocolate liqueur
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Summary: One of my favorite Heyer audio books...
Review: This has to be one of the best Heyer-on-audio books that I have heard (so far, I have worked my way through Frederica and Cotillion several times, through These Old Shades once, through Regency Buck once, and through The Talisman Ring twice). Daniel Philpott undertakes the challenging task of portraying the various voices and accents of Major Hugo Darracott, the despised new heir to his cantakerous and tyrannical grandfather Lord Darracott, and all the voices of those around him. I was taken aback when I first heard Philpott, thinking that he could not possibly do the Yorkshire dialect justice. A few minutes into his reading (well before the dialect and accent started) I was hooked. It helps that this is one of my favorite Heyers where I love even the asides from the servants. But Philpott shows us Hugo tripping up his hostile family neatly into his particular net, along with Lord Darracott, his several other descendants and daughters-in-law, Lt Ottershaw (the customs officer), and even the servants - Charles the footman, Grooby and the other valets, Chollacombe the butler, and Mrs Flitwick the housekeeper. He manages to create a distinct "voice" for each character, and to make each one come alive in a way highly satisfying to me. Highly recommended, particularly in this unabridged audio book version.
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Summary: Absolutely Charming.
Review: This is pure escapism - not brain surgery, but if you like your escapism witty, literate, historically accurate and deftly characterized, this is the goods. Lost heirs, young rakehells, Milord Grandpapa, a lady of quality somewhat past her first youth, a peninsular officer with more to him than meets the eye, an Earl's daughter who never forgets what is due her consequence, smugglers, Land Officers, dandies; nobody does it with more grace, style and genuine warmth than Georgette Heyer.
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