False Colours

Posted on by

The young Earl of Denville was missing Handsome and eligible as the titled elder of the renowned Fancot twins was, no one would forgive him if he failed to appear before his fiancee s family For even though they did not love each other, he could hardly embarrass the charming Cressida Stavely at her own engagement party And if the match were wrecked, it would dash the last hope of getting his lovely, improvident mother out of debt.With an uncanny hunch about his twin s predicament, the younger brother, Kit, appeared at the party just in time to double for the missing Earl With his intelligence he succeeded in deceiving all present And with his superb manners he not only charmed Cressy s formidable grandmother, but made Cressy herself wonder if she didn t love the Earl after all. New Read [ False Colours ] by [ Georgette Heyer ] – kino-fada.fr This book is about a cute set of identical twinsno, wait Cute and marriageable identical twins Something like this, but in Regency costume fans self vigorously Anyway The younger andsensible twin, Christopher Kit , senses Something is Wrong with his twin and returns to London from foreign parts, only to find that his brother Evelyn has disappeared without a trace, and it s imperative that Evelyn show up at a dinner to meet his wealthy fianc e s family Unfortunately for Kit and This book is about a cute set of identical twinsno, wait Cute and marriageable identical twins Something like this, but in Regency costume fans self vigorously Anyway The younger andsensible twin, Christopher Kit , senses Something is Wrong with his twin and returns to London from foreign parts, only to find that his brother Evelyn has disappeared without a trace, and it s imperative that Evelyn show up at a dinner to meet his wealthy fianc e s family Unfortunately for Kit and Evelyn, their charming, lovely mother is a complete spendthrift, and unless Evelyn marries Cressy he won t be given control of his own fortune, and won t be able to pay off Mama s massive debts and rescue the family from certain disgrace, and he and Cressy both und...A lovely light easy read just like all Georgette Heyer s romances This one stars one of her best male leads in Kit who is half of a pair of identical twins Identical that is in appearance but not apparently ...Love, love, love This novel was so cute Ah, I just want to give it and everyone in it a big hug 3 False Colours seems to be one of those less popular Heyers, because I had rarely heard of it, knew nothing of what was going to happen, and generally did not know what to expect beyond twins switching places and family shenanigans But it was all so much fun What a wonderful ride I just loved the feels of this book so sweet, soothing, heart warming and gentle, all ...4.5 I m gratified to say that Georgette Heyer s books hold up so well for me I never liked Charity Girl hadn t read Why Shoot a Butler before as I work through my goal of rereading all of them on Good Reads well maybe not My Lord John Helen a reader can only suffer so much This is one that has improved with time I have now given it a rating of 4.5 GH shows her trademark careful plotting tying up of loose ends Kit is one of my favourite GH heros kindly, witty, han 4.5 I m gratified to say that Georgette Heyer s books hold up so well for me I never liked Charity Girl hadn t read Why Shoot a Butler before as I work through my goal of rereading all of them on Good Reads well maybe not My Lord John Helen a reader can only suffer so much This is one that has improved with time I have now given it a rating of 4.5 GH shows her trademark careful plotting tying up of loose ends Kit is one of my favourite GH heros kindly, witty, handsome resourceful he is a GH hero with a career one of her rare younger sons.The sensing something is wrong with older twin Evelyn now there s a name is deftly done.For me this is a fast moving plot partly because I wolfed it down in a day Reviewers who likeaction in their historical romances may prefer GH s Georgian romances or Beauvallet GH s Regency world is generally an unruffled, ordered one.The characters amusements in this book may be sedate by our standards but Kit Cressy are always busy.They pla...Well, according to The Georgette Heyer Theory of Regency Romance assuming a very many constants in people s beliefs and perceptions and assumptions based on absurd coincidences and the unfailing and obviously expected conclusion of a happily ever after, False Colours is truly Georgette Heyer personified Though this...How can False Colours possibly be considered a romance novel when the main character spends eighty percent of his time with his mother, fifteen percent with his valet, servants, and friends, and a pitiful five percent with his beloved I actually enjoyed the first eighty or so pages of this novel, but by the time it became abundantly clear that the novel would consist of Kit spending his days with his mother, the novel quickly too one a nails on chalkboard feeling It s extremely slow and lacking How can False Colours possibly be considered a romance novel when the main character spends eighty percent of his time with his mother, fifteen percent with his valet, servants, and fri...Omigod this book was SO FUN It was just pure delight and put a smile on my facethan once Which felt a bit silly because I was listening to an audiobook, usually on public transport, and sitting there grinning to myself But I didn t care because it was awesome What could befun than twins switch places Oh right, HOT twins switching places In Regency England And having to pretend to be engaged And actually falling in love And all the many complications such a situation entails Omigod this book was SO FUN It was just pure delight and put a smile on my facethan once Which felt a bit silly because...There are many things I love about False Colours the hero, Kit, is one of my favorite among Georgette Heyer s men his mother, Lady Denham, is one of her most perfect wigeons and the Dowager and Sir Bonamy are delightful secondary characters But the novel makes its way only into my second rank of Georgette Heyer favorites because of the plotting.Kit Fancot, the younger of a pair of identical twins, comes home to London from his diplomatic post in Vienna because he has sensed that something is There are many things I love about False Colours the hero, Kit, is one of my favorite among Georgette Heyer s men his mother, Lady Denham, is one of her most perfect wigeons and the Dowager and Sir Bonamy are delightful secondary characters But the novel makes its way only into my second rank of Georgette Heyer favorites because of the plotting.Kit Fancot, the younger of a pair of identical twins, comes home to London from his diplomatic post in Vienna because he has sensed that something is wrong with his brother, Evelyn, Lord Denham He discovers that Evelyn is supposed to turn up the next evening at a gathering of the relations of a woman he has proposed to, Cressida Stavely but Evelyn is missing Kit agrees reluctantly to impersonate Evelyn at the party in order to keep Evelyn s engagement to Cressy from being derailed.It turns out that Evelyn is absent longer than expected, so Kit ...When I picked up False Colours by Georgette Heyer, I knew to expect a well written, regency romance filled with laugh out loud humor and well developed characters This is a fast paced book of misunderstandings and mistaken identities that kept my interest until the last page Christopher Kit Fancot has a nagging feeling that something is very wrong While on leave from the Army, he decides to surprise his family with a visit When he discovers that his twin brother, Evelyn has disappeared and When I picked up False Colours by Georgette Heyer, I knew to expect a well written, regency romance filled with laugh out loud humor and well developed characters This is a fast paced book of misunderstandings and mistaken identities that kept my intere...The Honorable Christopher Fancot takes leave from his diplomatic post to return to London because he has a feeling something is wrong with his twin Evelyn, Lord Denville Their mother reveals Evelyn hasn t been home in over a week and she is very worried Evelyn is due to visit his potential bride s family soon and if he isn t home in time then Kit will have to take his place Kit and his twin used to change places frequently as children for a lark but this is different Kit agrees believing the The Honorable Christopher Fancot takes leave from his diplomatic post to return to London because he has a feeling something is wrong with his twin Evelyn, Lord Denville Their mother reveals Evelyn hasn t been home in over a week and she is very worried Evelyn is due to visit his potential bride s family soon and if he isn t home in time then Kit will have to take his place Kit and his twin used to change places frequently as children for a lark but this is different Kit agrees believing the masquerade to last only one night He is surprised to find his brother s intended an intelligent and interesting young lady and her dragon of a grandmother not so formidable as he had feared He almost regrets that Evelyn must marry this girl out of convenience When Evelyn still doesn t return home, Kit and Lady Denville head to their c...

False Colours
  • 12 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 303 pages
  • 0099476339
  • Georgette Heyer
  • False Colours