Review: The Convenient Marriage

The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I've been hearing about Georgette Heyer for a while and decided to have a go. It's a historical fiction set in Georgian England -- so you'll hear references to powdered wigs and jeweled slippers. The story follows the youngest and most precocious of three aristocratic daughters, Horatia. In a loving but artless fashion that underlines her youth, Horatia offers herself in marriage to her sister Elizabeth's suitor, Earl Rule, so that Elizabeth can marry the man she loves. Earl Rule accepts, and the reader is led on a string of plots, intrigues, and humorous/dangerous adventures that turn a marriage of convenience into something else. If you like Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel, you'll enjoy this one. I loved the comic touches. It's a clean read with some references and attempts at ravishment and rapine.

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