So, she goes to London…and unwittingly falls in love with Freddy and he with her, thoroughly overturning Jack’s plans. She wants to make Jack jealous and realize what he’s missing. She convinces him to fake an engagement so she can go to London - just for a month. She meets Freddy at the local inn, partaking of dinner before he shows up at Uncle Matthew’s. She’s furious that Jack didn’t show up, so runs away in pique. The other is Jack, the dashing and bold man-about-town who Kitty has loved for years. One is Freddy, the heir to a Viscountcy and himself not the brightest candle in the wall sconce. One’s in the Army of Occupation and we never hear from him. Hugh’s brother is also there, to bring Hugh up to scratch, but he’s married and Uncle Matthew doesn’t like him. Three cousins show up, only two of whom are eligible: Lord Dolphington, an Earl who is slightly mentally retarded (there’s a throw-away line about him being a seven-month babe), and the Reverend Hugh Rattray. This way Kitty is provided for and the money stays in the family. So he invites all his grand-nephews (who are of age and unmarried) to come to visit and offer for Kitty and Uncle Matthew will leave his money to the grand-nephew who marries Kitty. She has no money of her own and Uncle Matthew feels obligated to leave his money to someone in his family. She’s lived her entire life with the friend of her father who is exceptionally wealthy but utterly miserly. And I’m glad I did, because it meant I had to read it again. But I assigned Cotillion because other people apparently loved it so much. But in the sub-sub-genre of Regency romance that Cotillion belonged to (not smart heroes), I preferred Friday’s Child.
I mean, I’d read it, of course - I read (almost) all of Heyer’s historical romances. As one of my students said, “It’s just delightful.”Ĭotillion shows up on “Favorite Heyer book” lists all the time, and I never really understood why.
The second was Cotillion, which I actually taught last week. The first book I assigned my continuing education class on Georgette Heyer at NC State was Regency Buck. SarahF A Reviews Georgette Heyer / Regency England / teaching 18 Comments
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