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by Georgette Heyer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (6 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099476436
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099476436
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,251 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 Florde. "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. "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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Robin and Prudence Merriot have been dissemblers since they were children. And in this age of slippery politics, they need to be. So it is nothing for them to rescue a rich heiress from her abductor. But once committed to their masquerade, they must see it through.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fun romp with great characters, 11 Sep 2005
By Helen Hancox "Auntie Helen" (Essex, England) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the last Georgette Heyer novels that I got round to reading - it seemed hard to get hold of at local libraries. Having now read it, I can't understand why it is not more popular as I believe it's one of Heyer's better books. Although in some ways it bears similarity to Powder & Patch in terms of language (and I wasn't too keen on that book), the plot is far more enjoyable and twisted.

It helps to know that the two characters we meet at the beginning, Mr Peter Merriott and Miss Kate Merriott, are actually sister and brother in disguise. "Peter" is actually Miss Prudence and her brother, who was involved in the Jacobite rebellion and is therefore in some danger, disguises himself as a woman. Heyer gives us a few clues as to how this is successful - Robin (the brother) is unusually short for a man, it's the era when women painted their faces, he wears tight corsets, but overall this is a slight weakness in the plot, as is the thought that a woman dressed in man's clothes would pass for a man over a period of several weeks. One just glosses over it, however, and enjoys the fun of the masquerade as Prudence, dressed up as Peter Merriott, gets involved in London society and visits Gentlemen's clubs, challenges a man to a duel and finds herself in love with a very tall man who has befriended her - as Peter. Her brother Robin also falls in love with a young lady he rescued and it's the tortuous ways in which the young couple perform their masquerade which adds to the fun. Their father appears who is the mastermind behind their plans, and claims that he is a Viscount; there is much humour in the scenes with him as he is such an egocentric character.

The highlight of the book for me is the interaction between Prudence, disguised as Mr Peter Merriott, and Sir Anthony Fanshawe, with whom she falls in love. These two characters are well-portrayed and come across as well-suited when the final unmasking takes place.

I heartily recommend this book for a great fun read with interesting characters set in a fascinating period of English history.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Clever and entertaining: P.G. Wodehouse meets Jane Austen, 26 Jul 2001
By Anne-Elisabeth Moutet (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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Anyone lumping Georgette Heyer with the baby-pink-jacketed paperbacks crowding the Romance shelves is missing the point. This is P.G. Wodehouse (for the comic timing) meeting Jane Austen (for the subtle analysis of character.) Heyer's historical research is impeccable, whether in this novel, about the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellion in the 18th century, or, in a book like "An Infamous Army", about the Battle of Waterloo. Add to this an irrepressible sense of humour and a sure talent to recreate a period faultlessly (Heyer kept a linguistic historian's notebooks of period expressions and turns of phrases, her biographer Jane Aiken Hodge tells us) and you understand why Georgette Heyer's books have never been out of print. "The Masqueraders" is one of her earlier novels, more dashing and romantic than the later, wryer and more sardonic Regency stories which made her name. Yet it contains great one-liners (usually in the mouth of Lord Tremaine, Robin's and Prudence's adventurer father) and Heyer manages to make us believe in this entertaining masquerade of the siblings posing each as a member of the opposite sex. There are wonderful shades of Mozart's Da Ponte operas: very true to the period indeed. Strongly recommended.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous book!, 20 Feb 2006
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This is such a great book - the ultimate romantic, swashbuckling, identity swapping fantasy. It just gets better and better as you read it. The fact that it's all completely implausible makes even more enjoyable. Suspend your disbelief and dive in to some extreme escapism!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Persevering
Heyer's romance fiction is known for its lightness of touch and quick witted dialogue. This novel, in which brother and sister Prudence and Robin get embroiled in deceit and a... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars great historical romance
really enjoyed this book, although to begin with found it slow going because of the language but dont be put off by this. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Overtones of "Twelfth Night"
Anyone who loves Shakespeare's Viola (and who thinks Shakespeare didn't give her enough to do in Twelfth Night) will enjoy Georgette Heyer's heroine Prudence. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for Heyer fans
A true Heyer book with a twist fairly early on.

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