- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Arrow; Re-issue edition (7 May 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099850109
- ISBN-13: 978-0099850106
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 231,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Georgette Heyer is unbeatable" - India Knight
One of best-known and most beloved historical novelists captures a whole new audience in a stunning repackage.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.Product Description
Kate Malvern, rescued from penury by her aunt Minerva, hardly knows what do expect at Staplewood-the grand household is so very different from a life spent following the drum in the Peninsular! But surely, other households are more homelike? Kate`s uncle lives in one wing, her handsome, moody cousin Torquil in another; though the guests are few, even family dinners are formal. And, when Kate begins to suspect the shocking reason for Minerva`s generosity, she has no one to confide in but cousin Philip- who appears to have taken her in instant dislike. . .
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Cousin Kate is a more serious Heyer heroine, and this is a more serious story, with Gothic overtones which are, however, more believable that the true Gothick Romance of Mrs Ratcliffe and the like because the tale is told so calmly. Yes, there is madness, sudden death and wicked plots. But a charming, independently minded heroine and a strong, sensible and reasonably handsome hero win through. This may be less fun than some, but I would highly recommend it - and for more than one reading
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an exciting story, with suspense mounting slowly as the story unfolds. At times the sense of how trapped Kate had become was scary enough to make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. I thought she was an appealing heroine for most of the time. But I did find her determination not to believe the worst, despite all the evidence, rather irritating after a while. It isn't one of Heyer's best, but I liked it enough to read it again.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
a darker tale than usual. althought there is the usual girl meets boy, they fall in love etc which is very endearing, the more interesting part of the story is the cousin tourqil stangeness and aunt minerva's apparent kindness. wont spoil the story but it is very obvious at the begininng what is going on but as the story unfolds, the secrets are revealed.
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Cousin Kate
I tried for many months to get this and was very pleased when I saw it advertised and at a price I could afford. It was in very good condition and arrived very well parcelled !!
Published 1 month ago by grankenzie
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I like this book as much as I did when I was sixteen but wish our heroine would stop putting things in her "ridicule" , not the fault of the author of course!
Published 4 months ago by Avril
A dark and gothic Heyer novel
Cousin Kate, published in 1968, is one of Heyer's later novels and one that appears to really divide opinion - possibly because it's not what people tend to expect from her. Read more
Published 11 months ago by H. Skinner
Not as light-hearted as some
I was not as keen on this novel as I am on some of Georgette Heyer's Regency novels but this definitely improves on second reading. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Damaskcat
Cousin Kate
Cousin Kate
Having recently started to re-read for the umpteenth time all my complete Georgette Heyer collection I arrived at Cousin Kate. Read more
Having recently started to re-read for the umpteenth time all my complete Georgette Heyer collection I arrived at Cousin Kate. Read more
Published 15 months ago by LadyoftheLakes
Dark and unsettling
Not one of my favourite Heyer novels. The book is quite unsettling and her treatment of madness unsympathetic. The hero is very dour and the aunt a monster.
Published on 10 April 2010 by jba va.it
Cousin Kate
One of Georgette Heyer's most entertaining Regency novels with a feisty heroine and one of the best female villains.Cousin Kate
Published on 28 Feb 2010 by Ros Young
Different
This is quite a different book by Georgette Heyer. Liked it very much though slightly uncomfortable at times. There is still the usual romance there but not where Minerva wants it.
Published on 22 May 2009 by Esta
Good yet slightly disappointing
This was (and still is) the first book ever I read by Georgette Heyer. I stumbled upon her works quite by accident in a bookshop a while ago, did some research on Amazon, and -... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2009 by Didier
A great read
I am currently working my way through Georgette Heyer's novels and this was one of the last that I got to. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2008 by Helen Hancox
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