Review: A Historical Romance
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2013
This was a good regency book. It was set in the 1700's in London. Anthony Thornhill, the Duke of Albourne witnesses the accident and death of his love Lady Marianne. The description of the book states "the Duke tries to forget his love through an endless line of ladies, his rakish ways leaving him empty and wanting." This is not written into the story. I would have liked to see more of how the Duke was trying to handle the death of Marianne.Then the Duke meets Lady Elizabeth. He is intrigued, because she reminds him of his lost love. He tries to pursue her throughout the book. It was evident at first, but as the book goes on, it becomes clear that he has feelings for Lady Elizabeth.Lady Elizabeth had suffered a great loss. I would have liked to have seen more of that written into the book. The flashbacks were few and far between and they were very subtle.I feel that there could have been more to this book during the beginning and middle....the end however was a good one, but I won't give it away.I gave the book a 3 star. I overall did enjoy the book. The author did a wonderful job writing about the 1700's, I could see it in my mind, hear it in the words which that comes from a good book.I look forward to reading future work from this author.