By Georgette Heyer (read by Ruth Sillers)
A favorite comfort read for over 55 years
Set just after the Jacobite Rising of 1745, The Masqueraders is a rollicking romantic comedy along Shakespearean lines. After almost 30 years abroad, the banished black sheep of the family now heir to the family title returns home to claim it. He brings along his two children to witness his triumphant return. Well, actually, he sends them along ahead of his arrival, which is actually an issue because both father and son, were involved in the Rebellion -- on the wrong side --and there the story begins.
This has long been one of my favorite books. I don't care if the plot is unbelievable. The book is fun; you aren't supposed to take it seriously. Heyer's writing is a pleasure to read. She has a way with characters, especially the secondary characters, that can have you laughing out loud and she knows how to write a romance. Yes, there is a certain amount of formula to her writing and certain social prejudices that today we find unacceptable -- but if you are going to read books written in the middle of the 20th century, you are going to find that a lot of what was written then is unacceptable today -- so get over it. We can't change the past and we shouldn't erase it.
This is a four and a half star Heyer!
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