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Cotillion by georgette heyer5/13/2023 ![]() We get bad boys of a couple of different stripes in Jack and Camille, and of course the difference between true gentlemen and not-so-true ones in Jack and Freddy.Īh, Freddy.We get a look at the manners and etiquette around courtship and marriage of the time (a word of warning here-though Heyer frequently uses the device, engagement announcements were NOT published in the newspapers-only marriages were.).We get a mini-course on the amusements of fashionable London-Almack’s, the Egyptian Hall in Bullock’s Museum, the Elgin Marbles (didn’t you love the bit in Chapter 11 where Freddy complains about them to his father?)-and not-so-fashionable London-shopping at Grafton House and public masquerade balls at the Opera House and Pantheon. She’s never been to London, so we get to view the city and the Season through her eyes. The heroine, Kitty Charing, is one of Heyer’s ingenue heroines, very young but certainly not lacking in spunk.I thought this book would be perfect for discussion on Nineteenteen for a couple of reasons. ![]() ![]()
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