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THE EARL & THE EMIGREE

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The blurb: The illustrious Earl of Stone and Hamer is quite uncharacteristically beside himself. This little French trollop, this ragamuffin Cozette, brings staggering news: his long-lost brother lay slain on the streets of Paris, and the forlorn little boy in front of him was his dear dead brother's son--papers prove it. Cozette, from sheer friendship, has gallantly smuggled the tiny orphan out of France, at great risk.

Now the icy young Earl finds himself awkwardly indebted to a saucy French chit, who becomes the boy's governess and prettily proceeds to drive the Earl mad--by flouting his commands, mocking his noble birth...and spurning his advances.

But Cozette springs a shocking surprise: she bears a secret French message intended for the King of England himself--an impossible mission! Boldly, she beseeches her proud master's help, little suspecting she already holds his heart hostage...

I found this blurb was actually better than the writing itself. The story had a promising beginning but soon fizzled and scattered apart: It had unbelievable events, unconvincing observance of proprieties, and unlikable characters (mostly the Earl and his aristocrats). Also the story was overly-ambitious--it had a Hodge-podge of too many happenings, this is is the case I would recommend "Less is More".