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'Romance, mystery, and adventure. Pure fun!' Meg Cabot
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'But if modern manhood had let me down, at least the past boasted brighter specimens. To wit, the Scarlet Pimpernel, the Purple Gentian and the Pink Carnation, that dashing trio of spies who kept Napoleon in a froth of rage and the feminine population of England in another sort of froth entirely'. Modern-day student Eloise Kelly has achieved a great academic coup by unmasking the elusive spy, the Pink Carnation, who saved England from Napoleon. But now she has a million questions about the Carnation's deadly nemesis, the Black Tulip. And she's pretty sure that handsome Colin Selwick has the answers somewhere in his family's archives. While searching through Lady Henrietta's old letters from 1803, Eloise stumbles across something more exciting than she ever imagined: Henrietta and her old friend Miles Dorrington were on the trail of the Black Tulip and had every intention of stopping him in his endeavour to kill the Pink Carnation. But what they didn't know was that while they were trying to find the Tulip - and trying not to fall in love in the process - the Black Tulip was watching them...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading Lauren Willigs first book, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, and loving it, I hoped that I would not be disappointed in the next installment. AND I WASN'T!! Carrying on with some of the characters introduced in the first book and bringing in some new ones, I thought it was just as fun and just as enthralling as the first.
If you are the sort of person who likes the odd spy novel with some comedy and a bit of 'Pride and Prejudice' type reading, then this is the book for you!! I'm just about to start the third book in the series and I'm loving them.
If you are the sort of person who likes the odd spy novel with some comedy and a bit of 'Pride and Prejudice' type reading, then this is the book for you!! I'm just about to start the third book in the series and I'm loving them.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Were they lighthearted drollities rather than stomping elephants? O dear. Having read many detective novels, historical and otherwise, and possesed of a passion for Georgette Heyer, this reader looked foward to what promised to be a diverting read. But alas, while I was glued to the book for the evening (one I have lost and shall never recover), it was in awe struck horror, and a masochistic desire to see just how bad it could be. And it was very bad. The author's bio notes that she is studying both history and law at Havard - how? have they read her books? - I have quite lost my respect for that august institution if this is the calibre of work they produce. The author obviously feels that teen romance pulp is the height of literature, and reproduces it with little or no difference between time periods or characters. This is the history of the world as acted by your college's sororities (with the one frat guy playing all the love-interest parts). I pass over the scenes set in France - Mon Dieu - with closed eyes and a shudder,the lack of historical (or life) verisimilitude, and close with the earnest wish that given the author obviously had a fetish for strong, masculine hands, perhaps someone could use his to strangle her.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Delightful Continuation of a Fun, Clever Series
25 May 2006
Format:Hardcover
The Masque of the Black Tulip is the second in what I hope will be a long series. I know a few reviewers thought this installment was weaker than the first novel (The Secret History of the Pink Carnation), but I don't agree. The only thing the first book offered that this one doesn't is the benefit of being the first. Everything was new and exciting and interesting about the writing and the story precisely because it was new. But to my mind, The Masque of the Black Tulip is just as enjoyable a read as The Secret History.
Just as with the first book, this novel is a blend of regency romance, humor, history, clever allusions to popular culture and historical events, and spy intrigue. As the order of those descriptions suggest, this is primarily a romance novel, and a wonderful one at that. I see Lauren Willig as a cross between Julia Quinn and Helen Fielding and the result is a very readable book that rises above the mediocre romance novels and chick lit that's published every year.
This installment follows Miles and Henrietta, two friends who suddenly find themselves attracted to each other. There's a little less of the heavy-duty spy stuff than in the first, but that was fine with me. The plot rolls along, the romance unfolds, the Eloise/Colin interludes break up the story here and there (but in an enjoyable way, I thought) and it's all a joy to read. Lauren Willig has a distinctive, truly witty voice and knows how to deliver a satisfying read.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys regency romances, chick lit, or fun beach reads with a historical twist.
Just as with the first book, this novel is a blend of regency romance, humor, history, clever allusions to popular culture and historical events, and spy intrigue. As the order of those descriptions suggest, this is primarily a romance novel, and a wonderful one at that. I see Lauren Willig as a cross between Julia Quinn and Helen Fielding and the result is a very readable book that rises above the mediocre romance novels and chick lit that's published every year.
This installment follows Miles and Henrietta, two friends who suddenly find themselves attracted to each other. There's a little less of the heavy-duty spy stuff than in the first, but that was fine with me. The plot rolls along, the romance unfolds, the Eloise/Colin interludes break up the story here and there (but in an enjoyable way, I thought) and it's all a joy to read. Lauren Willig has a distinctive, truly witty voice and knows how to deliver a satisfying read.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys regency romances, chick lit, or fun beach reads with a historical twist.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Not quite as good as Carnation (the first book) but far above average
7 Mar 2006
Format:Hardcover
These books (The Masque of the Black Tulip and The Pink Carnation) are great books. I love fiction and romance, so I am very impressed with Willig's witty novels. Her characters are actually funny yet interesting and the books are long enough to develop the characters as well.
This is the second installment of the series. This is the story of Harriet and Miles who find love while trying to stop the Napoleonic invasion of England by France. They are both out to find the elusive and dangerous Black Tulip. This book is great for those of you who love historical romance, but will also have some fiction fans as well.
This is the second installment of the series. This is the story of Harriet and Miles who find love while trying to stop the Napoleonic invasion of England by France. They are both out to find the elusive and dangerous Black Tulip. This book is great for those of you who love historical romance, but will also have some fiction fans as well.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
worth reading
19 Mar 2006
Format:Hardcover
If you like slightly silly romantic historical fiction (as I do) then you will probably be very satisfied by this book. It's not the kind of book you're going to brag about reading at a party; yet it is a quick read. I read it in a few hours; and enjoyed it just as much as the first one. The parallel story with the narrator is slightly better than in the first book; but can still be an unwanted interruption. Overall- a guilty pleasure.
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