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Powder and Patch
by Georgette Heyer
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Tropes: revenge to lovers, pygmalion
+This novel is a stand alone Heyer historical romance. It is also one of her shortest, with an approx word count of 44k.
+The prologue of the novel occurs during the year 1729. The rest takes place between September 1752 and February 1753.
+Locations are Little Fittledean, Sussex; London; Paris
+H/Phillip Jettan (23) and h/Cleone Charteris (18)
+Phillip Jettan grew up in the country and enjoys his life as a genteel farmer. He is the son of Sir Maurice and a French woman who died shortly after his birth. He is tall and handsome, with brown hair and grey eyes.
+Cleone grew up with Phillip in the same small village of Little Fittledean. She is blonde, "very lovely," with cornflower blue eyes. She and Phillip have been in love with each other for years, but Cleone wants Phillip to acquire a gentleman's fashion and manners after being reintroduced to another childhood acquaintance, Henry Bancroft (28), who returns to Little Fittledean to lie low after killing a rival in a duel. Henry is now a practiced rake and man about town, who flatters Cleone with his polished airs, and enflames Phillip's jealousy.
+When Cleone refuses to marry Phillip unless he can learn how to look and behave as befits his name and title as a gentleman, and his father Maurice agrees that he is a hopeless country bumpkin who needs to acquire some town bronze, Phillip moves to Paris and embarks on a total transformation as a dandy of the highest fashion. Phillip's motivation to do this stems primarily from his desire for revenge against Cleone and Henry.
+Like many of Heyer's earliest novels, her characters will often speak in both English and French which can be distracting to readers who do not have at least a basic understanding of French.
+Heyer's trademark comedic wit is found in her portrayal of the infighting between Phillip's French valet and manservant, as well as the novel's climax, involving Phillip, Cleone, Henry, and another of Cleone's love sick admirers from Little Fittledean.
+For me this novel falls squarely in the mediocre/meh category of Heyer's historical romance oeuvre. I am also not generally a fan of the pygmalion trope when the transformation is forced upon a character who doesn't have any desire to change themselves but only agrees to do so in order to be "worthy" of notice and love.
**The Arrow Books UK edition has a number of typographical errors.**
+This novel is a stand alone Heyer historical romance. It is also one of her shortest, with an approx word count of 44k.
+The prologue of the novel occurs during the year 1729. The rest takes place between September 1752 and February 1753.
+Locations are Little Fittledean, Sussex; London; Paris
+H/Phillip Jettan (23) and h/Cleone Charteris (18)
+Phillip Jettan grew up in the country and enjoys his life as a genteel farmer. He is the son of Sir Maurice and a French woman who died shortly after his birth. He is tall and handsome, with brown hair and grey eyes.
+Cleone grew up with Phillip in the same small village of Little Fittledean. She is blonde, "very lovely," with cornflower blue eyes. She and Phillip have been in love with each other for years, but Cleone wants Phillip to acquire a gentleman's fashion and manners after being reintroduced to another childhood acquaintance, Henry Bancroft (28), who returns to Little Fittledean to lie low after killing a rival in a duel. Henry is now a practiced rake and man about town, who flatters Cleone with his polished airs, and enflames Phillip's jealousy.
+When Cleone refuses to marry Phillip unless he can learn how to look and behave as befits his name and title as a gentleman, and his father Maurice agrees that he is a hopeless country bumpkin who needs to acquire some town bronze, Phillip moves to Paris and embarks on a total transformation as a dandy of the highest fashion. Phillip's motivation to do this stems primarily from his desire for revenge against Cleone and Henry.
+Like many of Heyer's earliest novels, her characters will often speak in both English and French which can be distracting to readers who do not have at least a basic understanding of French.
+Heyer's trademark comedic wit is found in her portrayal of the infighting between Phillip's French valet and manservant, as well as the novel's climax, involving Phillip, Cleone, Henry, and another of Cleone's love sick admirers from Little Fittledean.
+For me this novel falls squarely in the mediocre/meh category of Heyer's historical romance oeuvre. I am also not generally a fan of the pygmalion trope when the transformation is forced upon a character who doesn't have any desire to change themselves but only agrees to do so in order to be "worthy" of notice and love.
**The Arrow Books UK edition has a number of typographical errors.**