The Masqueraders

With just a whiff of Twelfth Night about it, this Georgian era novel by Georgette Heyer is lots of cross-dressing, romantic, swashbuckling fun: hidden identities, love interests - two for the price of one! (also, a little difficult when you’re posing as the opposite sex, but trust love to find a way......more

I love this book so much. I loved it when it started with a pair of siblings chatting about whether they should rescue the young, eloping heiress in the next room from a drunken suitor. I loved it more when it turned out there was crossdressing. I loved it MORE when Prudence got to be awesome while......more

a delightful experience! a fizzy farce full of high spirits. there was also a certain amount of forthright bloodthirstiness present that I haven't seen in her other books. (besides from murderous Leonie of These Old Shades.) but then I've only read a dozen of her books; perhaps there are pockets of......more

A swashbuckling, gothic, romantic adventure tale that manages to indulge in all the delicious mystery, suspense and dramatics that it wants without ever quite losing its sense of humor about itself. It is a period piece, even earlier than the usual Heyer genre, set just after the '45 Rising, and Hey......more

Full of adventure, mystery, wit and romance, The Masqueraders is absolutely entertaining! Implicated in the Jacobite rebellion, Robin seeks refuge in London with his sister, Prudence. What better way to disguise oneself in such a pickle than to switch gender roles with your sibling! Introducing them......more