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Georgette Heyer is ..".the next best thing to reading jane Austen."
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One of best-known and most beloved historical novelists captures a whole new audience in a stunning repackage.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
just as superb as the others,
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This review is from: Powder and Patch (Paperback)
Reading the other reviews of Heyer's Powder and Patch, I am amazed at the a.) poor and b.) luke-warm reception given to this scintillating and very human love story by an author of exceptional talents.I would recommend the book highly to anyone who loves romance and especially regency romance - the atmosphere created by Heyer is, as always, powerfully evocative of the period and, in my opinion, every bit as wonderful to read and re-read as any of her late classics, i.e. Devil's Cub or These Old Shades. Though perhaps without the darker irony. Two young people gradually fall in love, then fall into a silly misunderstanding exacerbated by piqued pride and two very stubborn natures. Charming, charming, charming. And highly readable!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
One of the few disappointing Heyer books,
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I am a really big fan of Georgette Heyer's work, but this book was a disappointment. Originally entitled "The Transformation of Phillip Jettan" the story is about a young man who is in love with his neighbour Cleone Charteris but she wants someone a little more exciting. When a newcomer arrives in their locality and shows Cleone all the areas in which Phillip is wanting she rejects Phillip.And then the book became disappointing. Phillip went to France to learn to be a painted dandy - and thus to become the opposite of what he was before. There are various interesting events like him fighting a duel and then his reacquaintance with Cleone but overall this didn't work for me. The misunderstandings between the young couple were irritating. Probably part of the reason I didn't like this book is that Phillip turned himself from a traditional Heyer hero into a painted fop, the traditional Heyer butt of jokes. I found myself disliking Phillip and finding Cleone stupid, shallow and annoying. The book receives 3 Sterne from me as it's written with the usual Heyer excellence but there are a score of better books by this author.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amusing transformation story,
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Philip Jettan is in love with Cleone Charteris the daughter of one of his neighbours. But Cleone does not appreciate Philip's good qualities - his reliability, sobriety and steadfastness. She yearns for someone a little more polished with society manners and fancy clothes. Philip's father, Sir Maurice, would like to see his son become a man of the world. Between them they persuade Philip to go to London to visit his Uncle Tom who is very much a man about town. Tom vows to transform his dowdy nephew and takes him to Paris so that he can learn to be a well dressed gentleman.
The transformation is well done and amusing as it shows how Philip resists his mentors but then throws himself whole heartedly into the process. After 6 months he returns to England apparently and outwardly changed. The dialogue is amusing and the characters well drawn and believable. Cleone is perhaps one of the silliest of Heyer's heroines but she is still delightful. The book's main character is the charming Philip with his ability to laugh at himself and at the follies of the world. This novel is one of my favourites for its sheer light heartedness. None of the characters are wholly bad or wholly good and people change over the course of the story. There are deeper themes about outward appearances and inward qualities but these are not laboured. If you have not read Heyer before this would be a good novel to start with.
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