Beauvallet

This is quite different from Heyer's other books that I've read. It's set in Elizabethan times rather than around the Regency or Georgian eras, and involves England's conflict with Spain. Beauvallet is an English captain feared by the Spanish as a devil-worshiping pirate, although he is of course an......more

I very nearly gave up on this book in the first act because I absolutely loathed the heroine, Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva, who embodied all the worst negative traits of femininity. She sulked and pouted. She slapped men, safe in the knowledge that they are honourable fellows and won't slap her bac......more

This is a Heyer I had never read before. I think the era and the setting put me off but boy am I glad now I didn't pass it up in the Heyer group read. The opening chapter is thrilling. Grabs you straight away. There are imprisonments, escapes and rescues and all done in a way that puts you on the edg......more

8/27/20 relisten- still a wonderful story and lots of fun! In a word, wonderful! The tale of a daring (and dashing) privateer determined to seek out his lady-love in the heart of enemy Spain is superbly written and expertly narrated. Georgette Heyer may be a master at Regency romances, but this one s......more

The adventures of an English pirate across France and Spain in order to fetch his lover from her greedy relations. Set during the Tudor era (Elizabeth I is a character), this reminded me of Captain Blood or even a Dumas novel . . . except that it didn't have that depth of character that made me real......more