09.04.22
As long as you can make allowances for being of its time - both 1928 and 1745 - this is one of the better Heyer novels. OK, so cross-dressing always adds an extra frisson but there's also the impeccable research, the clever dialogue and, most of all, the vivid main characters.
Heyer has been shockingly betrayed by some ugly covers over the years. This recent one is at least pretty but the designer clearly hadn't read the book, showing a woman (presumably not a man!) in a dress from about 150 years after the story is set.
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