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The only question which hangs over the life of Sir Richard Wyndham, notable whip, dandy and Corinthian, is one of marriage. On the eve of making the most momentous decision of his life, he is on his way home, a little worse for drink, when he chances upon a beautiful young fugitive climbing out of a window by means of knotted sheets - and so finds a perfect opportunity for his own escape. (20031208)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This was the first Georgette Heyer I ever read and I have now read and re-read every single one of her Regency books. The Corinthian is one of the most charming. The hero is delightful, Pen is lovely and the story is so well put together. The details in GH's books are the best bits, the language, the sense of period, the descriptions of the inns, the Bow Street Runner, the costumes - everything is so well researched and authentic - you get a real feel for the time in which it was set but it all fits very naturally around the story.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I've read quite a few Georgette Heyer books and I have to say this is one of the best.
Sir Richard Wyndham and Pen are both about to be forced into loveless marriages when fate throws them together. Pen - an heiress travelling as a boy in disguise - and Sir Richard head off across country together where they encounter several adventures neither of them ever expected!
The Corinthian is funny, engaging and charming. A wonderful piece of escapism and I would highly recommend it!
Sir Richard Wyndham and Pen are both about to be forced into loveless marriages when fate throws them together. Pen - an heiress travelling as a boy in disguise - and Sir Richard head off across country together where they encounter several adventures neither of them ever expected!
The Corinthian is funny, engaging and charming. A wonderful piece of escapism and I would highly recommend it!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Pen jumps out of a window into Sir Richard Wyndham's arms, who being rather disguised at the time agrees to help her escape from marriage to a fish-faced cousin. Their travels embroil them in many adventures from which it is Sir Wyndham's privelege to extract them which he does with great adroitness. But as they near their destination they both begin to realise that they need each other for more reasons than to escape the role in society their loving relations have decreed for them...
Not recommended as a first Georgette Heyer, but those of you who have grown to love her characters will enjoy meeting Pen, Richard and their friends.
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Corinthian
It was just what I expected. The writer is able to hold your interest throughout the book. I enjoyed it.
Published 4 months ago by Sodge
Wonderful
This is one of my favourite Heyer's, and I've read all of them. Richard is funny and and handsome and just an all-round wonderful hero while Pen is charming and as funny, but in a... Read more
Published 7 months ago by R. O'donnell
swoon worthy!
This has to be one of the most dashing of all Heyer's heros...I am, of couse, ladies, talking about Sir Richard Wyndham, Corinthian, his only vice drink, and on a night being a... Read more
Published 24 months ago by victorianwannabe
Delightfully funny
This is perhaps the Georgette Heyer novel I've reread most often - it's definitely one of my very favourites. Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2010 by Sarah A. Brown
Social obligations getting you down? - Run away!
Somehow the rich and worldly-wise Sir Richard has allowed himself to be nagged to the point of engagement to a cold and mercenary woman. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Elizabeth Trigg
Farcical and bizarre
This was my tenth GH novel and it has been my least favourite, I'm afraid. It was also my second attempt at it, after giving up the first time after Sir Richard and Pen disappear... Read more
Published on 2 April 2009 by Kit
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