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The Earl of Spenborough has always been noted for his eccentricity. Leaving a widow younger than his own daughter Serena is one thing, but quite another is leaving Serena's fortune to the trusteeship of the Marquis of Rotherham -- a man whom Serena once jilted and who now has the power to give or withhold his consent to any marriage she might contemplate. When Serena and her lovely young stepmother Fanny decide to move to Bath, Serena makes an odd new friend and discovers an old love, Major Hector Kirkby. Before long, Serena, Fanny, Kirkby, and Rotherham are entangled in a welter of marriage and manners the like of which even Regency Bath has rarely seen. (20031208)
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The Earl of Spenborough has died leaving a young widow and a daughter, Lady Serena Carlow. Serena is still single at 25 in spite of a fortune, because she jilted the Marquis of Rotherham almost at the altar. It is that same Marquis - a friend of her late father - who is now the trustee of Serena's fortune and the person who must approve of whoever she decides to marry. Forced to move out of her childhood home to make way for her cousin who now holds the title, Serena and Fanny, her father's young widow, set up home together first at the dower house and later in Bath.
What follows is a complete tangle - as the title says - with some very ill assorted couples and a great many misunderstandings before everyone finally find happiness. I loved all the characters, from the shy and timid Fanny to the headstrong Serena and the irascible Marquis. But the best of them is probably the vulgar Mrs Floore who has no qualms in calling a spade a spade and fully understands the ways of society even if she is not prepared or able to conform to them. The way she vanquishes her daughter - the unpleasant and impecunious Lady Laleham - is brilliant and well worth reading more than once.
`Bath Tangle' is an excellent example of Georgette Heyer at her best. There is wit and sparkle aplenty with a heroine who is the opposite of a shrinking violet. If you have not read any of this author before this would be a good one to start with as it is marvellously enjoyable.
What follows is a complete tangle - as the title says - with some very ill assorted couples and a great many misunderstandings before everyone finally find happiness. I loved all the characters, from the shy and timid Fanny to the headstrong Serena and the irascible Marquis. But the best of them is probably the vulgar Mrs Floore who has no qualms in calling a spade a spade and fully understands the ways of society even if she is not prepared or able to conform to them. The way she vanquishes her daughter - the unpleasant and impecunious Lady Laleham - is brilliant and well worth reading more than once.
`Bath Tangle' is an excellent example of Georgette Heyer at her best. There is wit and sparkle aplenty with a heroine who is the opposite of a shrinking violet. If you have not read any of this author before this would be a good one to start with as it is marvellously enjoyable.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This is a slight oddity amongst Georgette Heyer's books, in that the hero isn't 'on stage' much, and at the end of it (though it's very satisfying) one has some doubts that he and the heroine can possibly manage to stop fighting long enough to settle down to married life! However, the heroine is a terrific character, and the basic premise of the book, i.e. what happens when a peer dies without a male heir and his family are shoe-horned out of their stately home by a distant and far less worthy relative, is a fascinating one, handled with great insight and sympathy. One of the things I love about Heyer is the skill with which she fleshes out her characters, giving them faults along with their good qualities and developing her plots from their foibles with perfect logic.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Heyer specialises in historical romance, but what I like most about her work is that her heroines are never really milksops. They all have spine, and in this book there is spine aplenty! The heroine dominates here, so much so that there is at times little room for a hero. Having said that, it is delightful. Set in Bath, an epicentre of Regency Britain, it combines all the lovely detail of Jane Austen with all the fierceness of a Bronte heroine, written with the humour and brio of a twentieth century woman. She never makes you feel that her characters are out of place, rather that you have been allowed a sneaky look into the lives of real people with tempers and problems and dilemmas. This book also deals with the tricky issue of what to do with an older heroine, no longer of marriageable age, who clearly knows her own mind.
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Delightful regency farce by the mistress of the genre
After reading a fair number of recently published romances set in the Georgian era, it was a delight to pick up this little gem, first published in 1955, to be reminded of how the... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Marshall Lord
Just great
I have read and re-read every single Heyer and I can highly recommend this one. Nothing by Heyer can ever be less than a 4 star. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by CJ
Not my favourite Heyer
I'm an obsessive (re)reader of Georgette Heyer but this isn't one of my favourites. Both hero and heroine are just a bit too fiery and imperious - Lord Rotherham must be one of... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2009 by Sarah A. Brown
Look beneath the surface!
Lady Serena Carlow has just lost her father, to whom she was a companion as well as a daughter, her mother having died when she was a child. Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2008 by Gentle Reader
Heyer does Bath so well
If you like your Heyer heroines feisty, then this one is for you. And if you like them gentle, then it's still the one for you, because red-headed, mercurial Serena is joined by... Read more
Published on 20 April 2007 by Elizabeth Trigg
Going against the grain, I loved this!
Mature and yet still witty, funny, moving and romantic - I far prefer the heroine to some of the simpering, pretty, child-women in some of the other Heyer romances and liked the... Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2006 by Roman Clodia
Not one Heyer's better efforts
Although Ms. Heyer is one of my favorite authors, and IMO her works transcend the romance genre, I found reading Bath Tangle an unpleasant experience. Read more
Published on 20 May 2001
A battle of wills that keeps everyone on their toes...
In this Heyer our heroine Serena has been mistress of her father's house for years and has enjoyed her independence. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2001
Not one of her best
Predictable story, cookie-cutter hero and heroine; a couple of good minor characters. I actually felt a slight pang on closing the book when I realized I'd never meet Mrs Floore... Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2000
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