The Courtship [Hardcover]

Catherine Coulter (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 331 pages
• Publisher: Jove Books; Book Club edition (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739407295
• ISBN-13: 978-0739407295
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,271,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Catherine Coulter is the author of the New York Times-bestselling FBI thrillers The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh House, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take and TailSpin. She lives in northern California.

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5+. Coulter is at her very best, January 5, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Courtship (Paperback)

In 1811 London, Spenser Heatherington, Lord Beecham, overhears two ladies discussing discipline. One is Alexandra Sherbrooke, but her unknown companion intrigues the infamous rake even though he has no idea what she looks like. Later on, Spenser meets the source of disciplinary wisdom, Lady Helen Mayberry, a beautiful amazon, who runs a tavern.

Though he thinks she wants to make love with him, she needs him to be her partner. Still, as the duo exchanges opinions on discipline, they fall in love. Spenser asks Helen to marry him, but she tearfully refuses because she is already married to a spouse who has disappeared. There is also a mystery involving a lamp that he tries to help Helen find. This keeps the pair working together and in close proximity, creating a situation where neither adult has the discipline to keep their hands off the other.

Catherine Coulter has written her best novel in several years as she takes a satirical poke at her own Regency books. Using two secondary characters from previous tales, Ms. Coulter writes a witty, humorous story filled with odd characters whose eccentricities will charm the audience. The lead couple is an endearing pair that will garner much empathy with their constant battle of the sexes. Ms. Coulter makes the Regency fun with this clever and ironic tale.

Harriet Klausner

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed!, February 4, 2000

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gladis johnson (Ft. Lauderdale, Fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Courtship (Paperback)

I have read every book by Coulter. I thought they couldn't get any worse than Mad Jack, but I was wrong. I have been trying to read this book for 2 weeks, and I finally made it to page 73 before I gave up. It rambles on and on with no sense of purpose. I definitely will read reviews before I buy another Coulter book. I was very disappointed with this one.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific reading!, January 19, 2000

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Karen E. (San Francisco Bay area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Courtship (Paperback)

I LOVED this book! It was hilarious -- I found myself laughing out loud quite often. The storyline is delightfully refreshing, loaded with splendid sexual innuendos which kept me in stitches, and of course Coulter is a master at dialogue and characters' interactions. This book is NOT TO BE MISSED. Two thumbs up!