I picked up this one as I wanted a quieter book after The Casual Vacancy. This was not a slow paced read but the setting is so serene that you tend to totally relax with a Georgette Heyer novel.
We have Robin and Prudence as our "masqueraders". The boy living out the part of a girl and the girl as a boy. They act out their parts beautifully in society and no one is the wiser other than for one discerning gentleman who feels that everything is not what it seems - as he feels a distinct attraction for the young "man"!
It is a complicated story of a family with a past, as Prudence puts it - they are adventurers and not suitable to get married into "good respectable families" but like everything else things are sorted out beautifully, after several adventures, a duel or two, highwaymen and a murder and romance of the best kind.
I liked each character for what they were and they were all different. Prudence was very different to the average young lady of the time - she was daring and willing to take a risk at every turn, Robin was willing to follow whatever rules his father said at the risk of everything he held dear, the father was a dashing buccaneer almost and then we have Anthony who appears to be staid and very quiet and is anything but.
Lovely book for the weekend.
Sounds like a fun book!
ReplyDeleteI still need to try one of her books!
ReplyDeleteLeave it to Heyer to build a strong and different female character. This one sounds delightful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I am always looking for great books and especially love ones that are set back in time!
ReplyDeleteI thought this was really fun but almost exhausting to read with so much action. Nice to be reminded of such a fun read!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this title a few years back. Glad you liked it.
ReplyDeleteI think I have this one on my shelf but haven't read Heyer yet- soon!
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