- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Dutton / Signet (29 Feb 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0451187733
- ISBN-13: 978-0451187734
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,194,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Poor Cora when she meets Frederic she assumes he is gay, She finds herself married to him and willingly accepts as she really like him and thinks he is being noble. The book is realy funny. She is extremely mortified when she realises she has misjudged her husband.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Delightful regency romance!
22 July 2000
Format:Paperback
Cora Downes is a merchant's daughter who enters London's elite society after rescuing a duke's son. The genuine and fun-loving Cora feels out of place in cold London society. Her fear of the aristocracy does not extend to Francis Kneller though. He is a duke's son, but Cora feels comfortable around him. Francis is amused by Cora and decides to ease her entrance into society by paying attention to her. After he inadvertantly compromises her twice, Francis offers Cora marriage. They enter into a marriage neither really wants.
I loved that Cora was not a member of the ton. I loved Francis Kneller's pink coats and lace. I loved their relationship. There is much humor to be had in The Famous Heroine, but it never overshadows the romance. It develops slowly and believably. Mary Balogh has written another winner!
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Funny and fun
30 Dec 1998
Format:Paperback
It's not every day (or every heroine) who decides to marry a man she thinks is gay. . . and who is mortified when she actually admits that to her amorous husband! This is a fun book that is the third in a series of novels for Balogh the first being "Dark Angel," followed by the hero of "The Famous Heroine" being prominently featured in "Lord Carew's Bride" where he loses the beauteous Samantha to Hartley Carew only to find true love and laughter with Cora in "The Famous Heroine." (These two also make an appearance in the story featuring Cora's brother as the hero in "Christmas Bride.")
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Funny, heartwarming, wonderful characters
7 Sep 1999
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As usual, Balogh writes an excellent, engaging book. Less than halfway through the first chapter and I was already hooked. A hero who thinks he's pining with love for someone else, a heroine who thinks the man she has to marry is gay... but it's handled so well, so wittily and sensitively.
I love both Cora and Frances (how could anyone think them shallow?) and I'd love to read 'Dark Angel' and 'Lord Carew's Bride,' but probably won't be able to since they're not available in the UK.
Balogh has a talent for making her characters seem real, genuine people; I don't think she could write a caricature if she tried. I have a pile of other Balogh books to read, and I'm looking forward to each one of them.
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