I much prefer the funny, almost slapstick pace of Heyer’s Reg romps. And like my favorite Old Man’s Beard Moss, it grows slowly but is ultimately beautiful. Its less of a love story and more a duck out of water character study.Īfter my third read, I am now convinced it is elegant. The pace plods along as slow as Hugo seems to be witted, and is filled with a lot about the place and the Gentlemen (smugglers). We have a very unique character in Hugo, Major Daracott, who is more Bingley than Darcy. Heyer’s Unknown Ajax is not her usual romp. But soon enough, his family is wondering if the even temper amicability is just a strong a put on as his thick accent. Not only is he a large, military man with a northern brogue and connections to trade, but he doesn’t seem to be phased by anything his newly met kin want to throw at his head.Īt first, they think he is just a dummy. This “lumbering Ajax” is a former Major, and regrettably the offspring of Lord Daracott’s second son and “a weaver’s brat”. When the unknown heir to the Daracott legacy arrives, the house and its many dependents are thrown up in arms
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