First published in 1965, a novel set in Regency England in which the rich and handsome Marquis of Alverstoke is plunged into a succession of dramas by the large and irrepressible Merriville family, whose most intriguing member is the strong-minded Frederica. From the author of APRIL LADY, THE FOUNDLING and VENETIA.
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First published in 1965, a novel set in Regency England in which the rich and handsome Marquis of Alverstoke is plunged into a succession of dramas by the large and irrepressible Merriville family, whose most intriguing member is the strong-minded Frederica. From the author of APRIL LADY, THE FOUNDLING and VENETIA.
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Good in Fair jacket. Size: 7x5x1; The jacket is a little rubbed, worn and torn. The jacket has been reinforced with plain paper in the inside. It is protected in cellophane. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*17/10/2023. [Ak]
Love Georgette Heyer. I have read all her books many times and will continue to do so. Lovely to imerse oneself into the time and place of the story.
GoluxGirl
Jan 17, 2008
Sparking and witty
This is one of my absolute favorite Heyer novels. She brings together two of her best "types": the smart, vivacious young woman, and the too-proud man who finds himself bending to the overwhelming, humorous debacles she brings into his life. Ms. Heyer manages to combine history with modern sensibility, without sacrificing truth. Her heroines aren't modern transplants setting the historical world on its collective ear, but rather women of their time who know how to create opportunities for themselves and their loved ones. Frederica is dazzlingly normal, but bright and pretty. It's her humanity and love for family, her humor and wit in the face of crazy situations, that captures Alverstoke's heart -- not her beauty, money, or position (and not her body, either!) You could compare this to the film "Gigi" in the way a natural, non-society woman breaks a too-conventional high-society man out of his boredom--just by being herself, and not because she's set out to snare him. Two thumbs way up.