To protect her family and to help rescue a wealthy heiress, Prudence Tremaine hides her identity by masquerading as a man, a guise that become highly inconvenient when she falls for Sir Anthony Fanshawe, a dashing and elegant aristocrat who knows her only as a young boy named Peter. Reprint.
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..".the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."
"I love the characters of this novel over anything else. " - Bloody Bad Books
"A fun tale of adventurers that is filled with romance, disguises, swash buckling duels, and highwaymen." - Laura's Reviews
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"A delightful romp from beginning to end." - Jane Austen's World
"The plot twists are great fun and the story is full of action." - Martha's Bookshelf
"Georgette Heyer is quite the proficient when it comes to historical fiction and romantic romps." - Austenesque Reviews
"Georgette is truly an artist with words." - Readaholic
"A delightful romp from beginning to end. " - Jane Austen's World
"Romance, mystery, comedy, duels and even a murder... this was great fun." - Library Queue
"Readers who similarly live for (vicarious) swash and buckle will get much satisfaction - duels, bloodshed, highwaymen halting coaches, balls, aristocratic slights requiring redress, and enigmatic masked rescuers." - Apprentice-Writer
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