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Every aristocratic family has at least one, and they are
supposed not to work but to acquire enough money to live on
miraculously. Tired of being poor, Lady Fortescue and her
new friend, Colonel Sandhurst, decide to take a drastic step
and do something unusual to solve the problem -- open a hotel
and call it The Poor Relation. Everybody in society will love
having members of their own class waiting on them, and it
is sure to be a success. But Lady Fortescue has not reckoned
on her nephew, the Duke of Rowcester…
I am impressed with anybody who can bring something new to
the Regency Romance genre, and this is certainly a rather
different idea. This is book one of a six book series with
Ms Beaton's usual trademark wit and style, admirably presented
in a slim well-paced volume with plenty of background research.
As with her other books, I was impressed with how much is
crammed into the comparatively few pages and how enjoyable
it all was. There is a romance, of course, involving the duke
and an impoverished young woman, and a satirical look at Regency
society that is sure to appeal to anybody who has either read
all about it, or wants to. Originally published back in 1992,
this is the first chance for UK readers to enjoy another of
Ms Beaton's wonderfully amusing Regency sextets.
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