- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; New edition edition (23 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812570499
- ISBN-13: 978-0812570496
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,263,247 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In a Regency London that isn't quite the one we know, young women of families whose reputations have been ruined are known as the Fallen. Young Sarah Tolerance is one such: a daughter of the noble who ran off with her brother's fencing master. Now he's dead-and everyone expects Sarah to earn her living as a whore. But Sarah invents a new role for herself, and a new vocation: "Investigative agent" With her equivocal position in society, Sarah is able to float between social layers, unearth secrets, find things lost, and lose things too dangerous to be kept. Her stock in trade is her wit, her discretion, and her small-sword - for the fencing master she loved had taught her that as well. And she will need all her skills, when she is approached by an agent of the Count Verseillon. The task seems routine: reclaim an antique fan he once gave to "a lady with brown eyes." The fan, he tells her, is an heirloom; the lady, his first love. But as Sarah Tolerance unravels the mystery that surrounds the fan, she discovers that she - and the Count - are not the only ones seeking it, and that nothing about this task will be what it seems.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a regency detective tale with a twist,
By A Customer
This review is from: Point of Honour (Paperback)
i was hooked from the very first paragraph "it is a truth universally acknowledged that a Fallen Woman of good family must,soon or late,descend to whoredom" - the heroine on the contrary becomes an Agent of Enquiry the sole one of her kind in the England of 1810. I can thoroughly recommend this - not least because of the amazing twist in the tale. One quibble was Ms Robins changing historical facts but the story itself carried me along. I will certainly purchase the second in the series
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Point of Honour (Hardcover)
I loved this Regency detective story. Sarah Tolerance is a great, feisty heroine and the mystery is well constructed. Great period atmosphere, too. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable story, inaccurate historical details,
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This review is from: Point of Honour (Hardcover)
First Sentence: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Fallen Woman of good family must, soon or late, descend to whoredom.
Sarah Tolerance is a disowned daughter of nobility who now lives in a cottage behind a high-class brothel and who acts as a private inquiry agent. She is hired by Count Verseillon to locate and retrieve an antique fan he's given to a lady when he was younger. What should be a relatively simple undertaking becomes less so when Sarah is attacked and others die. For a purely fictional story, this was enjoyable. However, as historical fiction, this is definitely not the book for the historical purist and I was disappointed. The author plays fast and loose with historical facts and social details. Although she acknowledges it, I still found it disruptive. The story, itself, was quite enjoyable and well plotted. It was a good mystery and there were things I did enjoy about it. There was one incident toward the end I felt was handled in an unlikely way and the romance felt superfluous. I probably will read another, but more because I already have it rather than because I would now intentionally seek it out and there are other authors I would recommend instead.
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