- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (1 April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747269505
- ISBN-13: 978-0747269502
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,220,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Set mainly in London just after the Napoleonic Wars, Daughter of the Game is a fast-paced and involving historical thriller. Charles and Melanie Fraser are the perfect aristocratic couple: handsome, wealthy, powerful, accomplished, they are the envy of their friends and the toast of London society. But on a cold November evening in 1819 their six-year-old son Colin is kidnapped from their Berkeley Square home, and their perfect jewel-box of a life is shaken to the core. Catapulted into a desperate race against time to save their child, Charles and Melanie must enter London's gritty underworld, for somewhere in the high-class brothels and disreputable gambling dens lies the key to Colin's release. Caught up in a tangled web of political and sexual intrigue going back many years, the Frasers can be sure of nothing. For no one is quite who they seem to be and deception and betrayal come far more easily than truth and fidelity...
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Tracy Grant graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in History, and was the recipient of the Firestone Award for Excellence in Research. Daughter of the Game is her first novel.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun romantic adventure,
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This review is from: Daughter of the Game (Mass Market Paperback)
1819 and Charles and Melanie Fraser's life in London is shattered when their son disappears. Suddenly their marriage, their family, the past as they understand it is at stake and nothing is quite what they once thought it was... This is a fun romp rather than anything more serious which seems to adopt and adapt key themes, motifs and the occasional phrase from Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond series. I don't want to spoil the plot for anyone so won't give away details but it's fun spotting the references (unacknowledged). This is a first novel and certainly the beginning feels a little strained with far too many forced similes and rather lurid descriptions (a woman is described, for example, as an "aquamarine-eyed vision") but the plot never flags and the niggling annoyances fell away later. This is an easy read, perfect for switching off your brain.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews) 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Wait Was Worth It,
By Karen2 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Daughter of the Game (Hardcover)
The hardcover debut of Tracy Grant is all I expected. Her previous books, including those written with her mother, prepared me for the skilled use of historical background material. Her last three paperbacks showed me how clever her plotting could be. This historical suspense is a masterwork Previous Grant books have been romances with the requisite happily ever afters. While Charles and Melanie seem to have one, the initial actions in this book strip it away in such a manner that it doesn't seem it could be regained. Over a period of three days, the couple search for a particular ring with which they can ransom their son. Grant knows her historical background and it shows. This isn't prettified London and regency England. Much of this story takes place in the layer underneath the pretty. Grant's characterization skills are also exemplary. Her characters aren't simple and the experiences that shaped them aren't easy ones. Her secondary characters are given life too and each of them had untold stories trailing behind them. Because both Charles and Melanie played a part in the later Napoleonic Wars, flashbacks to their actions and experiences also show us the underside of war. The flashbacks are a necessary part of the story and aren't intrusive. At one point Grant's book invites comparison to Carla Kelly's stunning One Good Turn and she doesn't suffer in the comparison. Grant's characters aren't blindly patriotic. Those in the book who worked for the French cause are not portrayed as villains but as reasoning human beings. This is a busy book.There's lots of action and movement. And in the small quiet spaces, Charles and Melanie are reacting to the death of their happily ever after and slowly working towards a new way of living with each other. All the books Tracy Grant has written on her own and with her mother (as Anthea Malcolm and Anna Grant) are on my keeper shelves. This one will join them. At one point in this book, the family name Lescaut is used. This is a name that figures in Tracy's previous books and gives me hope that we may see more from her using this particular world. 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Far better than I expected,
By Rosemary Bailey Brown - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Daughter of the Game (Hardcover)
I don't think the publisher had any idea how to market this book - it's a regency but about a married couple. So it was hardly marketed at all which is a real shame. It's really great fun, dramatic, sweeping, and yes I was definitely surprised by some of the plot twists. Plus, it brought new depth to the question - if you betray the one you love, how can they ever forgive you?
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hunting the Caravelo Ring,
By P. Bradley "trellis9" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Daughter of the Game (Hardcover)
Finally, an adult Regency novel! I always wondered if European life after Napoleon was defeated was really as great as most regency romance novels maintain. Tracy Grant nails that fantasy to the wall with this fast-paced thriller, wherein a married pair of ex-spies chase down a legendary ring to ransom their kidnapped son. The hero & heroine are as ghost-ridden & cynical as any LeCarre characters, & the nasty mess England left in Spain after Napoleon motivates two sets of bad guys. Interwoven with smart dialogue & a real adult love story, this is an engaging read.
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