From the back cover: Society believes the worst of Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon, who is clearly proud of his sobriquet, "Satanas." It is he who buys Léon body and soul from a scoundrel in a Paris backstreet. The red-headed urchin has strangely familiar looks, and should play a fine part in Justin's long-overdue schemes to avenge himself on the Comte de St … [Read more...] about These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer: A-
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The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer: B-
From the back cover: Temporarily abandoned by their scapegrace father, Prudence and Robin Lacey are forced to masquerade as the opposite sex to avoid capture by their political enemies. Prue makes a devilishly handsome young man and her brother Robin is equally beguiling as her "sister." This, however, makes for some dangerous entanglements when Prue, as Mr. Merriot, falls in … [Read more...] about The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer: B-