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"Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to." - Katie Fforde"
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"Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to." - Katie Fforde
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this story very much like most of this author's work. By the end of it, you will be convinced that trying to sweep problems under the carpet is a very bad idea indeed! Once again the minor characters are brilliantly drawn. The exchanges between Nell, her immaculate cousin-in-law Felix, and her inebriated brother had me laughing out loud. One tiny gripe - Apart from being a spendthrift, Nell is a bit of a goody-two-shoes. I so wanted her to shout back at her husband when he makes an outrageous accusation against her.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an interesting and thoughtful book,in which Heyer gets closer to the realities of a woman's life in Georgian England. Girls were frequently expected to marry for the sake of their family - both in Georgian England and later. (Consider Consueloe Vanderbilt and her disastrous marriage to the Duke of Marlborough in Edwardian times.)The book is not the usual Regency romp but an exploration of the adjustments people have to make in order for a marriage to be a success. Nell is very young, romantic and foolish at the start of the book. Her new husband is emotionally unintelligent. She has to learn to make decisions for herself and not for the sake of her mother or her profligate brother. Her husband has to grow up in a different way. They learn to understand each other during the course of the book and as each changes and matures the possibility for real love and mutual respect become more likely. So there isn't the usual 'happy ever after' ending but there is the possibility that these two may make a good and honest marriage after a disastrous start. This is an interesting and thoughtful book - and, in places, a very amusing and entertaining one.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldn't put this book down when I first read it and it has continued to delight me.
Parts of it almost read like a farce: Lady Cardross owes her dressmaker money but feels she can't ask her husband for it as he has already cleared a backlog of her debts and she promised him there were no more...added to this, she thinks that their marriage was not a 'love match' but that batchelorhood had ceased to be an option for much older Lord Cardross and he had asked for her hand not for love, but procreation.
Add to this an impulsive brother and his half-brained friend who decide to help Lady Cardross out of her difficulties and the stage is set for a very funny book!
Parts of it almost read like a farce: Lady Cardross owes her dressmaker money but feels she can't ask her husband for it as he has already cleared a backlog of her debts and she promised him there were no more...added to this, she thinks that their marriage was not a 'love match' but that batchelorhood had ceased to be an option for much older Lord Cardross and he had asked for her hand not for love, but procreation.
Add to this an impulsive brother and his half-brained friend who decide to help Lady Cardross out of her difficulties and the stage is set for a very funny book!
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I love this book; one of my favourite Georgette Heyer novels. The story follows the marriage of Nell and Lord Cardross. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Book Worm
Miss Heyer rehashed
As far as I can see, no one has mentioned the principal problem with "April Lady": the basic plot is largely a rehash of The Convenient Marriage, with Nell as Horry, Cardross as... Read more
Published on 20 May 2010 by Paul Magnussen
lacking a little zest
enjoyable but not the best heyer book i have read. this story starts where most end, the couple have been married for a year and both believe the other married them not for love... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2008 by Lindymck
Not her strongest Novel
There is always much to love about a Heyer novel. Her superb sense of history and place. The wonderful dialogue and the artfully drawn characters. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2007 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
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