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"... A long-lost family heirloom, a young heir falsely accused of murder, a band of smugglers, two utterly delightful Heyer heroines, a taciturn, but highly resourceful older gentleman - all play their parts in a tale funny enough to have you laughing aloud."―Publishers Weekly
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One of Heyer's funniest Regency romances, and one of readers' favorites.
An impetuous young lady and a fugitive nobleman?
When spirited Eustacie stumbles into a band of smugglers, she is delighted to be having an adventure at last. Their leader, young heir Ludovic Lavenham, is in hiding, falsely accused of murder. Pursued by the law, Eustacie and Ludovic find refuge at an unassuming country inn.
And the delightfully sensible couple who try to keep them out of trouble...
The resourceful Miss Sarah Thane and the clear-thinking Sir Tristram Shield gamely endeavor to prevent Ludovic's arrest and Eustacie's ruin as the four conspire to recover the missing talisman ring that will clear Ludovic's name.
WHAT READERS SAY
"A story in the manner of Jane Austen, of domestic comedy and love affairs."
Times Literary Supplement
"A sparklingly witty book that had me laughing out loud."
"A perfect blend of romance, adventure, and, especially, humor. One couple is young and brash and fun, and the other is older and more mature. Seeing the older couple's relationship grow is one of the story's highlights.
"This is a wonderfully rich novel, full of excellent secondary characters with lots of charm and wit."
"Nonstop laughter from cover to cover? probably because there are two heroes and two heroines, and their chemistry with each other is just sparkling!"
"Hilarious! A hallmark of most of Georgette Heyer's works is her sense of humor? her wit and comedic timing are at their best."
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"What an epic Rom Com adventure! It is not epic in the scope of the adventure, but rather in the complexity of the intrigue and in the cast of characters. What a collection of excellent persons who populate this book. Ludovic is lovely, Eustacie is a darling, Hugh is adorable, and the Beau is delightfully wicked. However, my favorite characters are Sarah and Tristram. They are both fantastically sangfroid about the whole situation. The whole book was one mad romp and by the end I was feeling very sorry for the poor innkeeper. But the romance was absolutely perfect. An excellent country regency romance. Very very highly recommended for all Regency Romance lovers."
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The Talisman Ring Regency Romances Georgette Heyer 0760789223518 Books Reviews
- What a corker! I was going to say charming but it just won't do. I was really down. Just couldn't get over my brother's unexpected death. It seems silly to say Georgette Heyer helped me, but she did. I'd only just discovered her, and was getting to know her world. She's a first-rate historian and her world is history, but nowhere does she seem happier than the Regency. So, to help find my smile again, I looked for her lightest comedies Faro's Daughter, The Corinthian, the terrific Venetia. Comfort books of the best sort, with sharp, witty dialog often reminiscent of Wodehouse.
But The Talisman is a cut above even for Heyer. It utilizes the older/couple younger/couple structure she really likes, and it just clicks here. Sir Tristram Shield has been called to the deathbed of the family patriarch, his great uncle, Sylvester, Baron Lavenham. Quite a deathbed, with a man who's ready to go with a drink and a quip. The characters around it are the gaggle of cousins so common to these stories, and to the period. Sir Tristram knows he's there to reiterate his promise to marry his cousin, the baron's granddaughter, Miss Eustacie Lavenham. She's been raised in France and is a refugee from the Terror, only eighteen, the sort of flighty ninnyhammer Heyer writes so well - screwball, adorable, and in the end honest and brave. Sir Tristram has been disappointed in love, and at thirty-one has decided he's not interested in it, though he knows he has to marry. Eustacie, being French, has no problem at all with an arranged marriage, so long as he's not an old stick, while Sir Tristram is a bit of an old stick, a dry and funny one. He resigns himself to marrying her, though it's clear they aren't the greatest blend. Two other cousins come into play, the dandy Basil, called Beau Lavenham, and young Ludovic, a scapegrace gambler the old man loved, until he supposedly committed murder over a gambling debt and a missing family heirloom, a talisman ring. He had to leave the country, like Beau Geste, though he's not quite so noble. Eustacie had been intended for Lucovic, but the grandfather believes he's guilty and has disowned him. When Eustacie decides Tristram is indeed an old stick she runs away, and now the fun starts.
Obviously Heyer is aware this is the stuff of the classic British romance adventure, but in her deft hands it's far more than a homage, and very much her own. The dialog sparkles, but it's not quite as laden with period slang. It would make a great first Heyer. When Eustacie stumbles into Ludovic and a pot of trouble, we get to meet Miss Sarah Thane, traveling with her daft brother, a lady on the shelf who describes herself as "a creature of absolutely no importance." Like Sir Tristram, she has a level head and a dry wit. Like her brother, she's got a couple of major loose screws. And she's up for a bit of adventure. So this foursome is off, to find the talisman ring and clear Ludovic's name. So many funny lines and great scenes. My favorite is when Tristram has to coach poor Miss Thane to pass herself off as one of those architecture-obsessed English tourists in order to get her into a country house they want to search. The breed still exists, and the scene is hysterical. Ludovic and Eustacie are absolutely addled, but they bring out the bright side of Sarah and Sir Tristram. All in all it's fast-moving, funny, with characters you care about, and you don't want it to end. It doesn't get much better than that. - What an epic Rom Com adventure! It is not epic in the scope of the adventure, but rather in the complexity of the intrigue and in the cast of characters. What a collection of excellent persons who populate this book. Ludovic is lovely, Eustacie is a darling, Hugh is adorable, and the Beau is delightfully wicked. However, my favorite characters are Sarah and Tristram. They are both fantastically sangfroid about the whole situation. The whole book was one mad romp and by the end I was feeling very sorry for the poor innkeeper. But the romance was absolutely perfect. An excellent country regency romance. Very very highly recommended for all Regency Romance lovers.
- A very enjoyable Heyer novel which I would heartily recommend. It reminded me a bit of The Reluctant Widow, in that there is a smooth blending of romance and mystery--something that Heyer does quite well. The Talisman Ring has two protagonists from the get-go, Sir Tristram Shield and his insouciant French cousin, Eustacie de Vauban. They are charged by their dying grandfather to get married and carry on his legacy and so on and so forth, in the absence of his direct heir, Ludovic, who is essentially on the lam after being wrongly accused of murder. What ensues is a tangled and yet very entertaining tale of everyone's efforts to sort out their emotions toward one another, all the while doing their best to exonerate the charming and handsome Ludovic. I found it just as diverting as any of Heyer's novels--and I devour them all willingly. The only reason I held back and didn't give it five stars was that I found the sudden introduction of the character of Sarah Thane and the way she plunges into an amazingly central role to be quite a stretch. She was just too much of an Alice-in-Wonderland addition for me, even though the whole thing did have a farcical, fun, romping pace.
- This book I thoroughly enjoyed, and the kindle experience only enhanced my enjoyment.
This is a Regency romance of the best kind, filled with humour and with likeable characters (apart from the inevitable villain).
Eustacie, a French emigree has been living at the English country estate of an elderly relative, but he is dying and decides that Eustacie must marry her cousin Tristram, a sober gentleman some years her senior. Needless to say this plan does not recommend itself to Eustacie, and she decides to run away to London in the middle of the night. More romantic than practical, she is sure she will find love there.
She falls into the hands of smugglers, the leader of whom just happens to be yet another cousin, but one she feels is truly romantic. He is wounded, and she takes him to the inn of a sympathetic innkeeper.
There she is assisted by Sarah, who is staying at the inn with her brother, and Sarah it is who convinces Sir Tristram that the young couple are made for each other, and since Sir Tristram had no greater desire to wed Eustacie than she did to him, he and Sarah set about to clear her romantic cousin Ludovic's name. This desire is hampered by the villain who desires above all else to succeed to Ludovic's title and estate.
Much intrigue follows, but a happy ending, with more than one wedding in the offing.
Anyone who enjoys a good romance should find this book a good read.
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