Review: A fun read and a satisfying end
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2013
A lovely book. Beautifully clean prose sweeps the reader along a fun read to a satisfying ending.Part of the fun is the unlikely combination of traditions: regency romance, historical fiction set in the time leading up to the American Revolution, and the Scarlet Pimpernel theme.The Scarlet Pimpernel, for those who neither read the book nor saw the movie, was a work of fiction. It portrayed a hero of the French Revolution who lived a double life. By night he rescued persons condemned to die on the guillotine; by day he played a shallow rich dilettante to everyone including his wife. This lady was an intelligent and sympathetic person, to whom the antics of her uncaring fool of a husband were anathema.The book starts with the `regency' part of the romance. Those of us who have read Georgette Heyer know right away that we're in good hands. Our heroine then travels to America and the action segues into the time and issues leading up to the American Revolution; the Scarlet Pimpernel theme pops up soon after.I loved the way all these disparate threads work together. A great fun read.I received this book for free in exchange for an unbiased review.