>I just finished Gorgette Heyer's Devil's cub. I enjoyed
>parts of the book immensely but though she spent too much
>time on secondary characters. I was also put off the the
>hero's casual regard to murder. Dueling, fighting, killing
>for small offenses--In our day he would be in prison. Are
>all her book so blood thirsty? Sorry I'm late answering your question - I've been away on holidays and missed seeing this post when I got back on Sunday.
No, her books aren't blood thirsty but from what I've read about this time in history, duelling etc. was the norm back then so it was accepted behaviour and you'll find it in lots of books written about that time period. And the aristocracy tended to believe that they were above the law anyway.
I can't remember any specific GH books that have duelling in them but I'm sure there are probably others that have it.
Her book, The Infamous Army, is all about The Battle of Waterloo so that has some rather graphic details about the violence of war.
I've read that both Royal Military Academy Sandhurst(UK)and West Point (US) have used the book for classes when studying Waterloo because it's regarded as being a very accurate description of the lead up and the battle.
I think a lot of today's authors tend to gloss over the things, like duelling for example, that we find unacceptable today but that was just the way it was back then.
Joan 
Queensland, Australia
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RE: What is your favorite book by Gorgette Heyer?
RE: What is your favorite book by Gorgette Heyer?
