The Grand Sophy

by Georgette Heyer

When the redoubtable Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy is ordered to South America on business, he leaves his only daughter Sophy with his sister in Berkeley Square. Newly arrived from her tour of the Continent, Sophy discovers that her aunt's family is in desperate need of her talent for setting everything right: her uncle is of no use at all, the ruthlessly handsome cousin Charles has tyrannical tendencies that are being aggravated by his grim bluestocking fiancee; lovely cousin Cecelia is smitten with an utterly unsuitable suitor, a poet; cousin Herbert is in dire financial straits; and the younger children are in desperate need of some fun and freedom. Sophy has arrived just in time to save them all.

• Publish Date: 1950
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
• Imprint: Heinemann
• Format: Hardcover
• 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.