If you love Jane Austen, you’ve probably discovered
Georgette Heyer. Her Regency novels are well researched and a lot of fun. This
one was a little slow starting, but once I got past the overly long set up I
thoroughly enjoyed it.
Our timid hero His Grace the Duke of Sale was a sickly child
born early to a mother who died in childbirth. As his father was already dead,
he was a duke from the day he was born. He has been cossetted and bullied by
his hovering relatives and servants his entire life. The only person who knows
there is more to Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware (aka Gilly) than meets the eye is his cousin Gideon. When
another cousin finds himself in a scrape, Gilly disguises himself, escapes his retinue,
and sets off on an adventure to solve the problem and learn about himself.
Some of the great characters in this novel include our
undersized hero, his oversized cousin, his well meaning but bullying uncle, the
charming villain of the piece, the dim beauty who will go off with any kind man
who promises to buy her a purple dress, the wild teenager Gilly rescues on the road,
and Gilly’s shy intended Harriet.
If you enjoy well written, true to the times Regency fiction and have not yet discovered Georgette Heyer, check her out! And somebody please
make The Foundling into a movie!
The Galesburg Public Library has The Foundling as a book and
an ebook available through Overdrive/Libby.
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