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"* "Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to." - Katie Fforde * "My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours." - Margaret Drabble * "A writer of great wit and style - I've read her books to ragged shreds." - Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph * "Sparkling" - Independent on Sunday"
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'Every girl, whatever her age, needs her own complete set of Heyer titles. More than romantic they are witty, elegant, stylish and the best comedies of manners since Jane Austen. Required reading for everyone.' - Diane Pearson
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The Toll-Gate,
This review is from: The Toll-Gate (Paperback)
This is classic Georgette Heyer, gentle and terribly well mannered with a typically spirited heroine. John is a worthy suiter and the eventual outcome is pretty obvious from the start. However the many twists in the plot and the immaculate attention to period speech and costume are as wonderful as ever. I've read over forty of her fifty or more published works and this would creep in at about number 10. Try it, then try The Grand Sophy, in my opinion the incomparable Heyer at her finest.
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Something afoot in the wilds of Derbyshire!,
By Elizabeth Trigg (Lancs, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Toll-Gate (Paperback)
Whilst lost in the Derbyshire Peak District, and purely by chance, John Staple comes upon a toll-gate at the dead of night. Strangely there is only a young boy there to operate it. His curiosity pricked, John decides to stay and find out what is going on. Here begins one of Heyer's adventure stories, with mystery, villains, and plenty of derring-do. It is a romance of course, and Nell Stornaway, coping bravely in the face of adversity and very trying house-guests, is attractive as all of Heyer's heroines are. As ever, the charming and funny minor characters are half of the joy of the story. A pleasure to read, and good enough to come back to again and again.
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great fun,
By Lindymck (Falkirk, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Toll-Gate (Paperback)
more a mystery story than a romance but still great stuff. keeps you intrested as i couldnt put it down and read it in an afternoon.
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