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Yvonne Goes To York
The Travelling Matchmaker Series – Book VI
M C Beaton

Robinson (Constable and Robinson)
24 February 2011/ ISBN 1849014847
= Historical Romance /1800 York and London
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Reviewed by Rachel A Hyde

Hannah Pym is off to York, partly to try and forget her unrequited love for Sir George Clarence and partly to endeavor to find her former employer Mrs. Clarence. This lady has been seen in that city, and Hannah has fond memories of her vivacity before she left her gloomy husband and ran off with a footman. Of course, adventure and romance always occur wherever Hannah goes and this time it is the turn of Miss Yvonne Grenier, fleeing the Terror in France and hoping to find her father before some villains do.

Alas, this is the final part of this series. How I have enjoyed the combination of humor, adventure and romance all underpinned with an excellent knowledge of the period, as well as Ms. Beaton’s ability to pack a small book to bursting point. All the strands of the series come together too, as Hannah finally discovers what happened to Mrs. Clarence among other things. The only less than satisfactory part is the fate of Lady Carsely, which ends with a whimper rather than a bang as though Ms. Beaton had decided that having a formidable, deranged arch villainess wasn’t for her. This part of the story could well have been left out of the series and not been missed. As it is, expect the usual mix of love, laughs and mayhem as Hannah match makes between Yvonne and the Marquis of Ware, treats her readers to more descriptions of life in 1800 and finishes in predictable but enjoyable style. More reprints of this author’s Regencies please!

 

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Reviewed 2011
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