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Title: Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0-373-83446-2 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: June, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Pass on this one.
Comment: I've just started reading Georgette Heyer and of the 8 books I have read, I've loved them all until I got to this one. The heroine is annoying and because I could not sympathize with the characters, I found the plot boring and tedious. I'm jealously guarding all my Georgette Heyers for re-reading, but with this book, I could not toss it quickly enough.
Rating: 5
Summary: A different, more intimate Georgette Heyer book...
Comment: This is a superior Georgette Heyer work; a bit darker and more serious than most of her other books, but as always there is the fast wit, and a happy ending.
Kate Malvern is the orphaned daughter of a goodhearted, gambling-prone father and a beautiful but poor mother. Her father's death leaves her alone and impoverished in the world, and she comes to stay with her old nurse, Sarah, while looking for a new job. An aunt comes along and kindly and affectionately invites her to stay in her husband's family estate. Kate agrees, reluctantly-- because none of her relatives have never acknowledged her existence before. Staplewood, the estate, is beautiful and cold, and there she meets her cousin Torquil (a young man with the face of an angel), her sickly uncle Sir Timothy, and Sir Timothy's nephew Phillip. At first, everything seems too good to be true, and slowly, Kate unravels the deep secret that haunts the family.
Kate is a very charming and appealing heroine. She is mature yet innocent, is very witty and charming without being obnoxious, and is spirited without being willful or heedless. The hero, kind-hearted Phillip, is neither a dandy nor a cynical Corinthian, which is quite refreshing. Although still a Cinderella story of sorts, the romance between them is much more satisfying and believable than those in most other Heyer works.
Overall, a very interesting and different book from Georgette Heyer, and one of her best.
Rating: 4
Summary: Somewhat darker than usual
Comment: When Kate Malvern finds herself unable to obtain another post as a governess, her future looks bleak.As a penniless, orphaned daughter of an army officer of good family, her chances of a good marriage are negligible.Unexpectedly,she is visited by an aunt whom she has never met before and whisked off to the country.Aunt Minerva plies her with gifts and clothes,but, to her horror, realises that she's been chosen as a bride for her mad cousin Torquil.She then meets Philip, a nephew and possible heir of Sir Timothy, Torquils father, and they fall madly in love. Terrible tragedy befalls the family before the obligatory happy ending.It's a likeable quick read and quite a bit darker than Miss Heyers usual tales.
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Title: The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373834454 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835590 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Foundling by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835493 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835639 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Arabella by Georgette Heyer ISBN: 0373835558 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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