All of the fake defiance and bitchiness that she'd displayed when she was Nick's 'captive' suddenly became real when she was truly in danger. I'm sure I'd have enjoyed this book no matter what, but listening to it with such a great narrator was a real treat.

ETA: 24 Sept 2021--in preparation for re-reading this with the GH fans group, I went hunting for the cover of the first copy I owned. In fact, Georgette Heyer almost died in Kratovo when the gas line became blocked and she turned blue before the anaesthetist noticed the problem and fixed it. Nicholas Beauvallet is a descendant of Simon the Coldheart, also featured in a novel of the same name by Georgette Heyer, and a definite chip off the same block. Dominica took a little warming to because she was so obviously drawn to Nick even while she was still giving him the cold shoulder. This is not a silver fork novel, more of an adventure in the Geoffrey Farnol tradition, based on real events.But even as he makes contact with Dominica's new family, Beauvallet arouses the suspicion of the French ambassador, M.

The lower edge of the front jacket panel has several shallow horizontal creases and small chips and rubs. She made no appearances, never gave an interview and only answered fan letters herself if they made an interesting historical point. I have even read a few random pages from Devil's Cub (one of my favorite Heyer's books) to check if I am not exaggerating. It would be quite fun to have a modern movie made of this book - someone like Benedict Cumberbatch could carry Beauvallet's part very well.Brave deeds of derring-do, espionage and love in the Elizabethan Golden age (prior to Elizabeth's war with Spain) set our English pirate Nick Beauvallet and our Spanish heroine Dona Dominica on a wild, romantic ride. I have read every Heyer novel quite a few times and I left this until last to read since it was not set in the regency era. If Heyer is channeling a slangy Austen in her Georgian/Regency romances, I would posit that she was attempting to channel the bard himself for Beauvallet. Set on Elizabethan waters with Francis Drake co-starring, it's clearly a new time for Heyer--but the prose itself seemed to deviate from Heyer's usual to try and "fit in" with the setting.