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Title: False Colours
ISBN: 1402210752
Author:
Georgette Heyer
Publicate Date: 2008-03-01
Publish: 2008-03-01
List Price: $12.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: The Best of the Betas!
Kit is a good-looking man, but not drop-dead gorgeous. As a younger son, he is also not titled or unbelievably wealthy. But he is a quick-witted young man, with a terrific sense of humor, a kind heart, a deep sense of loyalty to his missing twin brother and a lot of love and tolerance for his erratic mother - all of which lands him in a scrape, when he takes his brother's place at an engagement party. It was meant to spare Cressy any embarrassment; this lady had gathered all her relatives to meet the Earl of Denville, her fiance. But Denville is missing, so Kit fills in...and then has to continue the masquerade, when Denville remains at large.
In short, Kit is a perfect Beta hero. Cressy is not the best of Heyer's heroines, partly because Kit's mother steals the limelight whenever she appears, along with her snuff-stained and very fat admirer. Not all of the secondary characters are as well-developed as one might wish, so I would not consider this among Heyer's best books, but it is very charming and the resolution of everyone's problems is extremely entertaining.
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2: Delightful story of two intelligent young people.
Eccentric relatives cause all kinds of trouble for Cressy and Christopher, but they use their wits to overcome all. Some clever dialog and a current of humor enliven the novel.
The Sourcebook format makes a more comfortable read than the usual paperback. My only complaint is the impostors on the cover. They are nothing like the Cressy and Kit I have in my head.
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3: Colorful characters
It was a delight to find, on my last trip to London, that Georgette Heyer's novels are being reissued in quality paperback form. I snatched up this one to read on the plane going home, glad that the cover--a 19th-century painting of a man in a chair, not your usual "romantic novel" graphic--didn't give me away as a "romance reader." i even tried to get my male companion interested in it, since like so many Heyers, it has a strong male protagonist whose problem is the engine of the story. (Of course my friend was too wary of the "romance.") But also like all Heyers, it had wonderful, believable, lovable characters all around, and a delightfully unexpected resolution. The story takes a while to get off the ground, and I was reminded again of Heyer's tendency toward long involved paragraphs, but I've never minded such "defects" in truly good novels, and in fact, I only wish her books were longer. I love to get to the satisfying ending, but then I want more!
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4: False clours
In this delightful romance Ms. Heyer has one twin taking the place at an engagement dinner for his brother who is missing. The problems arise when Kit has to continue with the deception. Naturally he and his twin's fiancee fall in love, with all of the difficulties typical of this sort of charade. The novel is great reading and of course, has a happy ending.
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5: Entertaining as always.
G. Heyer is one of my favorite authors. Her stories always entertain and allow me to escape from the day to day stuff that I have to deal with. Her characters are fun and human. Easy to relate to her characters and their situations.
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