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Indlæser... Regency Buck (1935)af Georgette Heyer
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. paperback After their father's death, Miss Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine travel to London to meet their guardian, Lord Worth, expecting an elderly gentleman. To their surprise and utter disgust, their guardian is not much older than they are, doesn't want the office of guardian any more than they want him, and is determined to thwart all their interests and return them to the country. With altogether too many complications But when Miss Taverner and Peregrine begin to move in the highest social circles, Lord Worth cannot help but entangle himself with his adventuresome wards... Praise for Regency Buck: "Clever!"? Library Journal "Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."? Sunday Telegraph "Light and frothy, in the vein of the author's other Regency novels, this follows the fortunes of Miss Judith Taverner and her brother, Sir Peregrine. A good introduction to Heyer's period stories..." ? The Booklist "Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."? Publishers Weekly "A writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds"? Katie Fenton, Daily Telegraph "Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire too."?Katie Fforde A beautiful heiress, a reluctant guardian, cock-fights, duels of honour, carriage races, well-dressed dandies, poison, kidnapping and (of course) a couple of marriage engagements. What else could you want? An entertaining read. Younger brother Perry offers comedic relief throughout the book. There is, however, one uncomfortable scene (a la "metoo") near the beginning of the book that doesn't look too good to modern eyes.
After publishing eighteen books, ten of them historical, Georgette Heyer finally turned to the period that she would make her own: the Regency, in a book titled, appropriately enough, Regency Buck. And oh, it’s awful. Well, maybe not awful. Let us just say not very good. ... The failed romance and the borrowings from Pride and Prejudice are, alas, not the only problems with this novel, which suffers from two other problems: one, it is frequently dull, partly because two, it contains far, far, far, far far too much dropping of historical facts. Indeholdt iRoyal Escape / Black Sheep / A Blunt Instrument / Regency Buck / Envious Casca / The Corinthian af Georgette Heyer Notable Lists
Kærligheds- og forviklingshistorie fra England i begyndelsen af 1800-tallet, hvor et forældreløst søskendepar forlader deres hjem på landet for at blive introduceret i Londons fornemme kredse og træffe deres fælles værge. No library descriptions found. |
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