Masqueraders, Georgette Heyer
Masqueraders, Georgette Heyer
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Masqueraders

Author: Georgette Heyer

Narrator: Eleanor Yates

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/26/2021


Synopsis

Brought to you by Penguin.

A delightful romantic adventure from one of the best-known and beloved historical novelists of all time.

Robin and Prudence Merriot have been dissemblers since they were children. And in this age of slippery politics, they need to be. So it is nothing for them to rescue a rich heiress from her abductor. But once committed to their masquerade, they must see it through...

For more than fifty years Georgette Heyer was the undisputed queen of historical romance. And as these hugely succesful reprints have shown, she still has a large devoted readership.

© Georgette Heyer 1928 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

About Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer (1902–1974) was a talented author and novelist who is often credited as the creator of the historical romance genre as well as the Regency romance subgenre. In addition to romance, she also wrote mysteries and short stories.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on April 30, 2020

With just a whiff of Twelfth Night about it, this Georgian era novel by Georgette Heyer is lots of cross-dressing, romantic, swashbuckling fun: hidden identities, love interests - two for the price of one! (also, a little difficult when you’re posing as the opposite sex, but trust love to find a way......more

Goodreads review by Katie on May 09, 2011

I love this book so much. I loved it when it started with a pair of siblings chatting about whether they should rescue the young, eloping heiress in the next room from a drunken suitor. I loved it more when it turned out there was crossdressing. I loved it MORE when Prudence got to be awesome while......more

Goodreads review by mark on October 10, 2022

a delightful experience! a fizzy farce full of high spirits. there was also a certain amount of forthright bloodthirstiness present that I haven't seen in her other books. (besides from murderous Leonie of These Old Shades.) but then I've only read a dozen of her books; perhaps there are pockets of......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on September 15, 2008

A swashbuckling, gothic, romantic adventure tale that manages to indulge in all the delicious mystery, suspense and dramatics that it wants without ever quite losing its sense of humor about itself. It is a period piece, even earlier than the usual Heyer genre, set just after the '45 Rising, and Hey......more

Goodreads review by Candi on September 26, 2015

Full of adventure, mystery, wit and romance, The Masqueraders is absolutely entertaining! Implicated in the Jacobite rebellion, Robin seeks refuge in London with his sister, Prudence. What better way to disguise oneself in such a pickle than to switch gender roles with your sibling! Introducing them......more


Quotes

Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to

My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours

A writer of great wit and style - I've read her books to ragged shreds Daily Telegraph

Sparkling Independent

Every girl, whatever her age, needs her own complete set of Heyer titles. More than romantic they are witty, elegant, stylish and the best comedies of manners since Jane Austen. Required reading for everyone

Georgette Heyer is unbeatable