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Duchess by Night | 
| Autor: Eloisa James
Urheber: Eloisa James
Verleger: Harper Collins USA
Kaufen Neu: EUR 4,17
Neu (58) Gebraucht (11) ab EUR 0,69
Bewertung:  2 Rezensionen
Verkaufsrang: 23884
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 384
Versandgewicht: 0.4
Maße (innen): 6.4 x 3.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0061245577
Dewey Dezimalzahl: 813.54
EAN: 9780061245572
Publikation: Juli 1, 2008
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Versand: Internationaler Versand möglich
Zustand: 100% Brand New! Delivery from USA in 1-3 weeks via airmail
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 Great idea - but weak realization November 14, 2008
margie24 (Germany)
I generally liked the idea of the plot very much. Noble lady disguises herself as a man, enters into a world that she normally wouldn't be able to without ruining her reputation and experiences the liberty a man has compared to a women. What I didn't like in this book was the writing style. The dialogs between the main characters were not very exciting (minus one star). With a plot like that, I really expect to laugh out loud a lot because the heroine is supposed to get in a lot of predicaments when pretending to be a man - but there wasn't any scene in the book that made me do it (minus one star). Even the lovemaking scenes didn't really manage to rope me into the story - I felt as if I was watching all of this from a distance and I couldn't get as close to the characters as I wanted to be (minus one star). And it took the hero forever to find out the disguise of the heroine. That wasn't quite believable, given the fact that he was usually very perceptive and intelligent. Quite ok read to pass time, but not something remarkable.
 Enjoyable masquerade Juli 29, 2008
Helen Hancox (Essex, England)
2 aus 2 fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
This book is dedicated to Georgette Heyer and it becomes apparently fairly quickly why; those who have read Heyer's 'The Masqueraders' will be familiar with the central theme of this book, that of a woman disguised as a man and finding herself befriending a man who eventually sees through her disguise. In this story the disguised woman is the Duchess of Berrow, a widow of 27 whose life has become rather boring and staid. When her friend Isidora wants to create a mini scandal she decides to attend a house party at the home of Lord Justinian Strange, and asks Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, to go with her. They are also accompanied by the Duke of Villiers, a man that Harriet has previously hated but who begins to be revealed as someone rather more likeable than she thought.
Of course Harriet can't attend the house party as herself as her reputation will be ruined. Isidora and the Duke of Villiers together help her to dress as a young man and she is introduced as Mr Cope, a relation of Villiers'. As Harriet settles into her new role she begins to find the freedom that men have - not only in terms of less restrictive clothing and the ability to say what they mean without excessive politeness, but also in discovering enjoyment in galloping horses, learning to fence and more. But can she keep her identity secret, can her growing friendship with Lord Strange survive her eventual unmasking?
What was particularly good about this book was the focus on Harriet and Strange and the gradual way in which they get to know each other. Most of the book is narrated from Harriet's point of view but we get occasional insights into Jem's thoughts, which are rather perturbed at his apparent attraction to another man. We learn more about both characters and how events in their past have shaped the way in which they live their lives today. What I also appreciated was that this was a romance which actually ran fairly smoothly without lots of awkward misunderstandings to irritate the reader, although the story did have a slight blip to this effect at the end.
The author has an excellent writing style with fast pacing but also some depth to the characterisation. The dialogue occasionally let the author down as people spoke in modern American rather than Georgian English but overall it was a very enjoyable story and one that is apparently part of a series about Duchesses. On the strength of this story I will be eagerly looking out for the next one.
Originally published for Curled Up With A Good Book Helen Hancox 2008
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