GEORGETTE HEYER These Old Shades “ This Age I grant (and grant with pride), Is varied, rich, eventful: But if you touch its weaker side, Deplorably resentful: Belaud it, and it takes your praise With air of calm conviction: Condemn it, and at once you raise A storm of contradiction. Whereas with these old shades of mine, Their ways and dress delight me;File Size: KB. · These Old Shades is considered to be the book that launched Georgette Heyer's career and helped usher her into becoming the Queen of Regency Romance. It features two of Heyer's most memorable characters: Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, and Leonie, whom he rescues from a life of ignomy and comes to love and www.doorway.ru: Sourcebooks. · There is not one tiny detail of Georgette’s novels that escapes Lady Anne’s attention or opinion. As to her review of These Old Shades- please enjoy. Set in the Georgian period, about 20 years before the Regency, These Old Shades is considered to be the book that launched Heyer’s career. It features two of Heyer’s most memorable characters: Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, and Leonie, .
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Considered the book that launched Gerogette Heyer's career, These Old Shades features two of Heyer's most memorable characters: Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, and Leonie, whom he rescues from a life of ignominy and comes to love and marry. The Duke is known for his coldness of manner, his remarkable omniscience, and his debauched lifestyle. There is not one tiny detail of Georgette’s novels that escapes Lady Anne’s attention or opinion. As to her review of These Old Shades- please enjoy. Set in the Georgian period, about 20 years before the Regency, These Old Shades is considered to be the book that launched Heyer’s career. It features two of Heyer’s most memorable characters: Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, and Leonie, whom he rescues from a life of ignomy and comes to love and marry. These Old Shades is in some ways a rewrite of Heyer’s first novel, The Black Moth. It shows both how far she came in her skills over a few short years, and how far she had yet to go. Like The Black Moth, its hero is a hardened, vicious older man with a reputation for uncanny perspicacity; but the heroine of These Old Shades is miles ahead of her predecessor in interest and originality.
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