The Grand Sophy

by Georgette Heyer

When the redoubtable Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy is ordered to South America on Diplomatic Business he parks his only daughter Sophy on his sister in Berkeley Square. But Sophy's cousins are in a sad tangle. The heartless and tyrannical Charles is betrothed to a pedantic bluestocking almost as tiresome as himself; Cecilia is besotted with a beautiful but quite feather-brained poet; and Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender. It looks like the Grand Sophy has arrived just in time to save them all ...

The undisputed queen of historical romance shows in Grand Sophy all the wonderful storytelling that won her a huge, devoted readership, which continues to this day.

• ISBN10: 0099465639
• ISBN13: 9780099465638
• Publish Date: 3 June 2004 (first published 1950)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 10 August 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Cornerstone
• Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

A rollicking time, even moreso than usual for Heyer. In fact, it’s so rollicking, it got a bit exhausting about halfway through. Grand as Sophie is— and she is grand— all the endless machinations made me just want a nap.

If, however, you want a regency heroine who has so much agency she’s a category 4 hurricane: look no further than Sophy.

[rakesandrogues]

Nice banter, but I still can't seem to wrap around the fact that Charles is Sophy's cousin. Hard to try to forget when he addresses her Cousin throughout the whole book. Ending left me completely satisfied. It was abrupt to say the least.