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Pistols for Two
and Other Stories
320 pages
A sparkling collection of Regency miniatures filled with sharp banter, mistaken identities, and swoon-worthy resolutions.
What it feels like
Reading this collection feels like stepping into a brightly lit Regency ballroom where the champagne is flowing and the gossip is delightfully sharp. Because it is a collection of short stories, the pace is wonderfully brisk, offering bite-sized bursts of romance, intrigue, and social maneuvering. The mood is effervescent and cozy, wrapping the reader in a nostalgic world of dashing rakes, clever heroines, and high-stakes social blunders that are always resolved with a wink. The prose is famously crisp, dripping with period-accurate slang and arch banter that makes every exchange a joy to read. It is the perfect comfort read for anyone who loves the elegant, low-stakes charm of classic historical romance, delivering all the swooning gallantry and witty repartee one could desire.
- Mood
- effervescent
- cozy
- drawing-room bright
- Tone
- wry
- sparkling
- arch
- affectionate
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- social maneuvering · courtship rituals · mistaken identities · honor and reputation
- The writing
- Crisp and historically textured, characterized by period-accurate slang and famously sharp banter.
- The arc
- Moves swiftly through delightful misunderstandings and societal constraints to land safely in satisfying, clever romantic resolutions.
- Who it's for
- Readers who delight in classic Regency romance, sharp dialogue, and low-stakes, high-charm social comedy.
Content notes
- dueling
- mild historical sexism
About the book
Affairs of honour between bucks and blades, rakes and rascals; and affairs of the heart between heirs and orphans, beauties and bachelors; romance, intrigue, escapades and duels at dawn: all the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette Heyer has so triumphantly made her own are exquisitely revived in these eleven stories of the Regency.
Georgette Heyer's historical accuracy and eye for a wonderful story of romance is unequalled, and in Pistols For Two we can see the skills which won her a devoted audience that continues to this day.
Stories in the book:
Pistols for two A Clandestine Affair Bath Miss Pink Domino A Husband for Fanny To Have the Honour Night at the Inn The Duel Hazard Snowdrift Full Moon
Description from Open Library.
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