Masterful. Cuts to the chase!
Reading Heyer: The Black Moth by Rachel Hyland A rather wonderfully, light hearted, yet shrewd interpretation of Heyer's first novel, The Black Moth. The prologue was adroit and immediately grabbed my attention. (Mind you 'These Old Shades' was the Heyer novel I first read, and to this day I am in love with the Duc of Avon and Leonie! Oh! Stamp of pretty foot, Monsiegneur !) So this well delivered expose of The Black Moth has me recalling those stories and feelings that revolved around this novel, These Old Shades and Devil's Cub. Certainly Hugh Tracy, the Duke of Andover, is darker than Justin, the Duc of Avon. Whole generations have been born and died since I first read Heyer. And I am still enamoured of her works, and still reread them with the same fervour. And oh Bliss! I reacquainted myself with Heyer in Hyland's fabulous commentary. I was given fresh eyes to see and things reflect on and to laugh at. What a won...