![]() ![]() (Or at the very least, an Earl.) That's when I know I'm in for some high end posturing and devilishly strict good manners. ![]() Sylvester, Duke of Alford is our titled hero and I must add that I especially love it when the hero is a Duke. I am now an unabashed fan and am ready to sing her praises to the high heavens. Then last year I read two of her Regencies and lost no time in apologizing to the shades of Heyer for having ignored her all these many years. I've already read most of Heyer's Christie-like mysteries (not exactly up to Christie level, but really quite good enough to make me wonder why Heyer didn't write more of them). ![]() I'm making up for lost time - with a vengeance. Obviously I couldn't have been more wrong. But I had somewhere picked up the notion that Heyer's books were simple-minded. I love a good story no matter who writes it. Jeez, am I a reading snob or what? Of course not. I don't know why I held such an idiot prejudice against reading Heyer for so many years. It is a light-hearted tale of convoluted romantic hi jinks set in the excruciatingly well-mannered English Regency years - Jane Austen's time. I'm happy to report that SYLVESTER or THE WICKED UNCLE more than lives up to its 'tongue in cheek' title. So, going in, I was already disposed to liking whatever Georgette Heyer had up her sleeve. First of all, I love the dual title (though it doesn't appear on the cover) of this acerbically amusing tale of love and manners. ![]()
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