And, while I'm on a roll, here's another classic that should lighten our reading for the month, and is
certainly a 'period piece'. I'll nominate Georgette Heyer's
The Toll-Gate. This delightful romp is a classic Georgette Heyer novel, and one of my favourites.
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His exploits were legendary...
Captain John Staple, back from the battlefront, is already bored with his quiet civilian life in the country. When he stumbles upon a mystery involving a disappearing toll-gate keeper, nothing could keep the adventure-loving captain from investigating.
But winning her will be his greatest yet...
The plot thickens when John encounters the enigmatic Lady Nell Stornaway and soon learns that rescuing her from her unsavory relatives makes even the most ferocious cavalry charge look like a particularly tame hand of loo. Between hiding his true identity from Nell and the arrival in the neighborhood of some distinctly shady characters, Captain Staple finds himself embarked on the adventure-and romance-of a lifetime.
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Captain John Staple's exploits in the Peninsula had earned him the sobriquet 'Crazy' Jack amongst his fellows in the Dragoon Guards. Now home from Waterloo, life in peacetime is rather dull for the boisterous, adventure-loving Captain. But when he finds himself lost and benighted at an unmanned toll-house in the Pennines, his soldiering days suddenly pale away besides an adventure - and romance - of a lifetime.
Yet again Georgette Heyer shows the qualities that made her one of the most successful and best-loved romantic novelists of her age, and why her popularity endures to this day.
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AmazonUS -- $2.99
AudibleUS -- 1 Credit or $7.49 WhisperSync
Goodreads
Again, inexpensive, but a bit longer,
321 pages. Still, not too long to read in the time available, and it is a quick read. Truly, if you've never read a Georgette Heyer, you're missing some fun. They're witty, funny, and so delightful. (And, full disclosure -- I generally do NOT like "romances", but I love these books.)