tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818402967111458099.post2409144521042778768..comments2023-09-15T11:07:11.148+01:00Comments on An Evening At Almacks: Faro's Daughter - Georgette HeyerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818402967111458099.post-70235658220260680162008-12-12T22:32:00.000+00:002008-12-12T22:32:00.000+00:00This is definitely one of my favorite Heyers ever....This is definitely one of my favorite Heyers ever. And I agree that the kidnapping scene is sublime!<BR/><BR/>And I love how Heyer was able to give nitty-gritty detail about piquet, a game that few readers of the book know well, and somehow have the reader emerge feeling like they know how to play the game. Not easy!<BR/><BR/>CaraCara Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930608028959652445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818402967111458099.post-7542220665659320102008-12-12T20:04:00.000+00:002008-12-12T20:04:00.000+00:00This is one of the Heyer's that I haven't read yet...This is one of the Heyer's that I haven't read yet and you girls make me want to rush to the nearest bookstore and grab a copy!<BR/><BR/>Great review and comment! :-)Seccionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412042139824865664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818402967111458099.post-51566709254342685172008-12-12T17:02:00.000+00:002008-12-12T17:02:00.000+00:00Great review Ioana, and I am glad you liked the bo...Great review Ioana, and I am glad you liked the book. It is one of my favourite Heyer as well. It is also one of the most entertaining ones and one I have re-read a number of times. Even though I know what is going to happen, it so much fun to (re)read! :) And as you said the kidnapping scenes were were great. I especially liked it when Adrian tried to intrevene and his help was refused! And I think many ideas are taken from this book and re-used in many modern regencies. Same for other Heyer books, but for this in particular, eg: heroine working in a gaming house, heroine allowing the attention of youger guy whom she does not plan to marry (but does not say so!), heroine throwing said younger admirer in the path of a suitably young girl, heroine accompanying an eloping couple that leads to a misunderstading with the hero. I have encountered each of the above a few times in other regencies, and I always think "Oh, this is copied from Faro's Daughter" (but never to such good effect :)Ioannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14582886483442356142noreply@blogger.com