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Captain Ingram’s Inheritance
Rothschild Trilogy – Book III
Carola Dunn

Canvas (Constable and Robinson)
4 October 2012/ ISBN 9781780336169
Regency Romance / 1812 / Locations in England
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Reviewed by Rachel A Hyde

If you have read the rest of the Rothschild Trilogy you will be wondering what fate might have in store for Frank Ingram. When we last saw him he was recuperating at the Earl of Westwood’s home having just received some astounding news. It doesn’t take him long to fall for the elder Westwood daughter Constantia, but he fears that the wounds that nearly cost his life will give a horror of him if she sees them. Unknown to him, she has a secret of her own,,,

I confess to being sad when the last page was turned, and I hope that the publisher will make more of Ms Dunn’s excellent Regencies available. This is what I have in mind when I open a Regency romance; a love story of course, one where the players get to know each other well throughout the book. I also look for plenty of historical background with the characters living in a well-realized world, some mention of events of the time, a dash of humor and a light, escapist touch. You can find all that and more in these books, as the Ingrams get to visit their inheritance, meet more than one relation, endure a very amusing house party and more. It is a slim volume, but feels like a much longer book due to being crammed with incident. The only alloy in all this is perhaps the first few chapters that repeat, almost exactly, the last few chapters of the previous book, only from Frank’s point of view. This gives the reader a bit more of an insight than if it was omitted, but as I had only just finished the second book I felt I was being told the same tale twice, albeit only for the first part of the novel. Ms Dunn’s characters are largely black and white, heroes or villains but in this type of novel I for one don’t mind that too much. If you have read all Georgette Heyer’s oeuvre and are looking for something similar look no further.

 
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