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Summary: Too much historical data, not enough romance
Review: I generally like Evelyn Richardson's books. They tend to be lengthier and more "wordy" than the average regency(Signet uses small print so that the books stay about the same size). The musical aspect of this book is what attracted me. It was interesting to read about the heroine's musical aspirations, and her voice lessons. However, there was so much historical trivia thrown in, the romance suffered. There was a lot about the French emigres in Britain. I don't mind history, I just felt overwhelmed by it and had a hard time staying interested in the story. I also didn't really care for hearing all about the hero's exploits with his lovers. It turned me off from the romance between him and the heroine. I probably will keep this book because of the musical theme, but doubt I will re-read it much, if at all.
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Summary: Too much historical data, not enough romance
Review: I generally like Evelyn Richardson's books. They tend to be lengthier and more "wordy" than the average regency(Signet uses small print so that the books stay about the same size). The musical aspect of this book is what attracted me. It was interesting to read about the heroine's musical aspirations, and her voice lessons. However, there was so much historical trivia thrown in, the romance suffered. There was a lot about the French emigres in Britain. I don't mind history, I just felt overwhelmed by it and had a hard time staying interested in the story. I also didn't really care for hearing all about the hero's exploits with his lovers. It turned me off from the romance between him and the heroine. I probably will keep this book because of the musical theme, but doubt I will re-read it much, if at all.
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Summary: Too much historical data, not enough romance
Review: I generally like Evelyn Richardson's books. They tend to be lengthier and more "wordy" than the average regency(Signet uses small print so that the books stay about the same size). The musical aspect of this book is what attracted me. It was interesting to read about the heroine's musical aspirations, and her voice lessons. However, there was so much historical trivia thrown in, the romance suffered. There was a lot about the French emigres in Britain. I don't mind history, I just felt overwhelmed by it and had a hard time staying interested in the story. I also didn't really care for hearing all about the hero's exploits with his lovers. It turned me off from the romance between him and the heroine. I probably will keep this book because of the musical theme, but doubt I will re-read it much, if at all.
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Summary: a great leasure to read
Review: Ms. Richardson writes about real people who live in a real world. When they fall in love they are confused, uncertain, hampered by misunderstandings, circumstance and the misguided if well-intentioned intervention of family. They speak, feel and behave like real human beings, human beings who lived in a time and place when society and its asumptions were vastly different form those of our own time. It was a pleasure to put myself in Ms. Richardson's capable hands and watch two appealing characters fall in love.
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Summary: Sent me to sleep...
Review: The premise of this book could have been interesting - younger son of duke falls in love with daughter of French emigres, with all the difficulties that create given the mutually exclusive cultures both come from. But instead it was simply tedious. Add to that the heroine's driving ambition to become a world-famous opera singer, which conveniently vanished once she decided that she was in love with the hero, and the characterisation wasn't very good either.Richardson's knowledge of French revolutionary history is good, but she really needed to brush up on her names and titles. Apart from spelling the Duc de Berry as the Duc de Berri throughout (definitely not a French spelling!), she seems to think that Comte is the highest French title - above that of Duc. This book went straight to the recycle pile!
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