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Cotillion (Regency Romances, 12) Paperback – October 1, 2007

4.6 out of 5 stars 5,508

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The bestselling Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, brings her signature wit and humor to this fake engagement love story, with charming results.

A most unusual hero

Freddy is immensely rich, of course, and not bad-looking, but he's mild-mannered, a bit hapless―not anything like his virile, handsome, rakish cousin Jack…

A heroine in a difficult situation

Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible and eccentric guardian―provided she marries one of his great-nephews…

A sham betrothal

No sooner does Kitty arrive in London then the race for her hand begins, but between confirmed rakes and bumbling affections, Kitty needs a daring scheme…

Praise for Georgette Heyer and Cotillion:

"Sparkling"―Independent on Sunday

"Triumphantly good…Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."―Sunday Telegraph

"My favourite historical novelist."―Margaret Drabble

"Thus begins Cotillion, arguably the funniest, most charming of Georgette Heyer's many delightful Regency romances."―Amazon.co.uk


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"Cotillion is a fine example of Ms. Heyer’s talent at creating a fast-paced and enjoyable story with likeable characters." ― Jennifer’s Random Musings

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Cotillion by Georgette Heyer, for me, can be best described as a great 'romp' through a Regency Romance. I loved it!" ― Peeking Between the Pages

"If you read just one Heyer book, make it this one!" ―
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Cotillion is completely fun and entertaining." ― S. Krishna’s Books

"It helps to have excellent historical details as well as superb writing, both of which happen to be what the author is known for. Georgette Heyer writes a novel that you are always dying to pick back up once you’ve set it down. " ―
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"Definitely recommended to historical fiction fans especially if you love Regency Romance." ―
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"I cannot recommend
Cotillion enough, for its conclusion is as satisfying as its very promising beginning." ― Jane Austen Today

"I enjoyed this book enormously. I can see that Heyer will become a favorite for light reading, beach reading, comfort reading. " ―
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"Sparkling" -Independent on Sunday
A most unusual hero
Freddy is immensely rich, of course, and not bad-looking, but he's mild-mannered, a bit hapless-not anything like his virile, handsome, rakish cousin Jack?
A heroine in a difficult situation
Young Kitty Charing stands to inherit a vast fortune from her irascible and eccentric guardian-provided she marries one of his great-nephews?
A sham betrothal
No sooner does Kitty arrive in London then the race for her hand begins, but between confirmed rakes and bumbling affections, Kitty needs a daring scheme?
"Thus begins Cotillion, arguably the funniest, most charming of Georgette Heyer's many delightful Regency romances."
-Amazon.co.uk
"Triumphantly good?Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."
-Sunday Telegraph
"My favourite historical novelist." -Margaret Drabble
Georgette Heyer is the author of over fifty books and one of the best-known and best-loved historical novelists. She was legendary for her research, historical accuracy and extraordinary plots and characterizations.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1402210086
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks Casablanca; First Thus edition (October 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781402210082
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1402210082
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.92 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
"Cotillion" is one of my favourite Heyer books. Several reviews state that Heyer is "not Austen" but Georgette Heyer never wanted to be. Heyer was a very clever and talented author who wrote stories that were beautifully crafted, well-researched and impeccably written. She explored and then used a formula for her books that made readers come back for more, and her books weather the test of time and changing tastes in literature. A cotillion is a lively contredanse that leads changing partners into different steps, which describes this book quite well!

Kitty Charing is a delightful heroine with a strong character (although this does not always seem evident) as well as good morals. She is a delight to read -- so kind hearted that she wants to help everyone, even to the point of believing she must give up her chance on love in order to make her true love happy. When I say that she has good morals, I am not speaking of sexual morals but those which govern her life, a sense of kindness to others, of fair-play, of helping those who deserve it, and deploring the rather flexible morals of others. She has a strong enough character to understand that, if something is wrong, she needs to correct it or speak out in order to resolve the problem to not only her but to everyone's satisfaction. She finds herself in several situations that are a bit iffy and although she tries to find a way to resolve them without embarrassing others, she still recognises the necessity of immediately resolving a problem and extricating herself with grace and good manners.

Although unrelated to the men she calls "cousin", her guardian gives her a choice to marry one of them to become his heir, or possibly be penniless. When confronted with the possibility of a loveless marriage (good looks are a poor compensation for marriage to a self-righteous prig of a man), she bolts, even knowing the consequences. Even though poverty is a possibility for her, she is willing to take her life in her hands and naively make her way to London to work as a modiste or dresser. Luckily one of the cousins rescues her in a rather dim-witted way, and off she goes on her adventures.

One of the things that is unusual about this book is Heyer dealing with a character (Dolph) who is mentally challenged. His character, for the most part, is written with kindness and sympathy and the author touches on life for an heir who is actually leading a terrible life. Dolph's mother is heartless and cruel, and she cares nothing for her son but only for the future of the earldom. In reading history, one encounters such stories of royalty and nobility being forced into marriages for the simple reason of continuing a blood line, and such will be Dolph's fate. Despite her education (or perhaps due to it) Kitty instinctively understands what he is going through and helps him, even in the face of scorn by several of her "cousins", including a man of the cloth. Dolph's own cousins (especially one of them) treat him with contempt, something that Kitty tries to correct, and it makes us smile to see a diminutive heroine stand up to someone who should know better.

I have said it in my other reviews on Heyer's books, but I will say it again: she is a delight to read, and you enter a world when you read one of her stories. Yes, they are predictable and formulaic, but each book is unique, all the characters are interesting, and you smile when you read about their foibles, their gowns, their loves lost and won, mistaken identities, and raging emotions. And Kitty Charing's story is no exception!

[a little side note: Heyer used place names for many of her characters, moving around the country by choosing villages and even a few estates to people her books.]
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023
This is one of the most charming of Ms Heyer’s books.

Katherine, (Kitty or Kit) has been the ward of a man who is very close with a pound. He has accumulated great wealth. He has a plan. He will leave all his wealth to Kitty if she marries one of his great- nephews. He has one of them chosen for her, but he offers her to all of them who are unmarried. He wants to make things look fair. They are not fair.

Kitty develops a plan of her own. She chooses Freddie to be a fake fiancee. It takes a lot of convincing, but eventually he surrenders to her pressure. Freddie is a man who wants to please everyone, especially women. But, he is definitely not in the market to get married.

Kitty is a kind and thoughtful young woman. She has lived a very deprived life and the idea of going to London and seeing the sights is too much for her to ignore. She tells Freddie it will be a fake engagement for only one month. After she has a chance to enjoy life in London, she will return to the grey and drab life she has been living.

Freddie is one of the kindest of men. His parents do not consider him too bright. In reality, he is a person who lives his life to be kind and thoughtful of others. He is also a man who is a fashion leader and is much admired by everyone who knows him. After he surrenders to Kitty’s pressure, he becomes an active participant in the charade.

There are other couples in this story. There are strong secondary characters in this story. There is humor in this story. And most of all, there is evidence of the Heyer wit and charm in this story.

I loved it.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2016
I know I read this particular novel by Georgette Heyer decades ago, but I didn't remember it or the characters. However, Amazon was offering it for a good sale price, so I decided to buy it. Rereading it was a delightful surprise.

Georgette Heyer got very tired of writing romance novels. She was good at it, and they were popular, but I think if she had lived at a different time she would have preferred to be a historian. (She wrote detective novels as well, but those were projects that involved her husband.) One of the delightful things about her books, though, is that because she wrote so many romances, she liked to change things up. In this particular novel, there are three couples. The main couple consists of two kind and respectable people who are not that remarkable in any way other than being funny. Then there is a highly romantic couple, who she clearly thinks are not that interesting, and a third couple where the gentleman is not intelligent, and his bride is fond of him but is more interested in being a good caretaker than in romance. Add in assorted odd relatives, a brief and not terribly believable effort at creating a plot, and a wealth of historical fact, and that's the book.

I like the fact that when Georgette Heyer paints a picture of a particular time in English history, you can be pretty well certain that she did her homework and knows what she is talking about. Her research was always meticulously done. I found the story to be entertaining and the characters to be extremely amusing. It's not going to change your life. It might make you laugh a few times (unless you have no sense of humor or simply don't appreciate her delicious ability to create comedy). This is not Georgette Heyer at her absolute best, but it is a very respectable effort and I enjoyed it very much. She was an astute observer of human nature, and that shows. She was not someone who believed that every marriage was happy and that every romantic couple was destined for a life of bliss, and that shows, too. But she is worth reading. The characters were well-rounded. I enjoyed it and won't let decades go by before I read it again.
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Linda MacMillan
5.0 out of 5 stars Better each time I read it
Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2018
I am always a fan of Georgette Heyer's books, but there are a handful of titles I find myself coming back to again and again. This is one of them, and while I liked it the first time I read it, I've enjoyed it even more each successive time. There's a humour and lighthearted sense of fun that's makes it a delight all the way through, and the closing chapter is delightfully satisfying.
Tante Jean
5.0 out of 5 stars One of her best
Reviewed in Australia on March 10, 2024
This gem contains a host of delightful characters headed by Freddy, the ultimate anti-hero who takes this story in an unexpected direction. All the hallmarks of the best Georgette Heyer creations are present_ great descriptions of the fashions and foibles of the era, expert caricatures of the rich and famous, witty dialogue and a central storyline that allows for some actual character development in the main protagonists. I loved it!
Beanjamina
5.0 out of 5 stars Review with spoilers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2017
This is probably my favourite Georgette Heyer and I have read it many times. I think it is her funniest book and it is so light, frothy and amusing that you can easily miss the great skill involved in creating the plot and how cleverly the writer subverts her own standard themes and characters.

Heyer throws us a misdirection in the first chapter and initially it is not at all clear who the hero is meant to be. Jack Westruther is a romance hero classic, tall, handsome and a dashing rake, Freddy seems to be a bit of a silly fool. But as the story progresses, we start to see the lack of moral fibre in Jack, in the cruel way he hunts down an impoverished beauty who he wishes to make his mistress and in the way he treats people generally. Conversely we start to see that while Freddie is by no means the traditional romantic hero, he is truly kind and sweet natured, and while he says himself that he isn't a 'clever cove' he is possessed of a great deal of common sense and always seems to turn up to rescue Kitty whenever she particularly needs him. The heroine is also sweet and decent and kind, and I particularly enjoyed how she was turned from a drab country mouse into a fashionable young lady with pretty clothes.

As is often the case with Heyer's novels, the secondary characters are at least as entertaining as the hero and heroine. I particularly like Freddie's sarcastic father and the unusual romance between Kitty's feeble minded cousin Lord Dolphinton and his middle class lady. Meg is also very well drawn, with her dreadful taste in clothes and flirtations with unsuitable men.

A reviewer of another Heyer book said that she wondered what the future might hold for the fictional couple she had just been reading about - romance novels tend to end at the engagement after all. I imagine Freddie and Kitty being perfectly happy together, best friends as well as lovers and becoming the most fashionable young couple on the town, going to all the ton parties and having a splendid time together.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Meisterleistung
Reviewed in Germany on March 10, 2014
Nachdem mir nun alle Charlotte Bronte und Jane Austen Bücher bekannt sind, bin ich seit einiger Zeit zu Georgette Heyer übergegangen. Es ist ein ähnlich tolles Lese- (bzw.: Hör-) vergnügen.

Wer in Cotillion allerdings ein typisches Werk von Georgette Heyer sucht, hat hier kein Glück. In den meisten Büchern von Georgette Heyer ist der "rake" der Held im Buch, nicht so in Cotillion.

In diesem Buch geht es um Kitty, die als adoptiertes Waisenkind ein Vermögen erbt - unter einer Bedingung: Sie muss einen Neffen des reichen Erbonkels heiraten. Allen Neffen ist dies (früher oder später) bekannt, aber der einzige, den Kitty gerne hätte, ist Jack. Und dieser scheint sich nicht für sie zu interessieren. Darum schmiedet sie den Plan, zu Jack nach London zu reisen und diesen auf unkonventionelle Art und Weise zu überzeugen - allerdings: als Verlobte von Freddy (einem anderen Neffen). Dort läuft dann nichts so wie es soll.
Es darf sich gewundert werden!
Aber ein Happy End gibt es, wie in allen Büchern von Georgette Heyer.

Die Vertonung dieses Buches ist sehr gut gelungen.
Clare Willie ist eine begnadete Vorleserin. Jede Person bekommt eine "eigene" Stimme von ihr. Der Wechsel gelingt ihr perfekt.
Da ich kein Hörspiel von Cotillion gefunden hatte, bestellte ich mir dieses Hörbuch. Meine Angst, dies sei zu monoton und verwirrend war unberechtigt. Nach kurzer Gewöhnungszeit ist es ebenso gut wie ein Hörspiel.

Zwar spreche ich recht gutes Englisch, aber es ist nicht meine Muttersprache.
Ich finde die Sprache ausgezeichnet zu verstehen.
Es wird nicht zu sehr gebunden, oder vielleicht verschluckt und es kommt auch fast kein "Slang" vor.
Manche Vokabeln sind heute nicht mehr gebräuchlich, aber diese kann man im Zusammenhang trotzdem stets verstehen.

Ich nutze Hörbücher dieser Art, meine englische Sprache zu verfeinern, den Akzent zu verringern und um mir englische Redewendungen geläufig zu machen.
Wer ähnliche Interessen hat, dem rate ich generell zum Kauf von Hörbüchern.
Wer dazu noch etwas romantisch veranlagt ist und Liebesromane a la Stolz und Vorurteil mag, dem rate ich zum Kauf dieses Hörbuchs oder auch jedes anderen von Georgette Heyer.
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kansaikate
5.0 out of 5 stars Amusing Regency romance
Reviewed in Japan on October 13, 2014
I've been a Georgette Heyer fan since I was a teenager. I like her books so much I've read most of them several times. When ever I read other Regency romance authors, I always feel disappointed with the story or the characters. What I love about her stories is that they are rich in authentic detail of the period; the characters behavior and speech fit in with the fashions and morals of the period; her heroines and heroes are not all the same, not all young, not all beautiful people; there are always many interesting side characters; the stories are fun - she often makes me laugh.
Cotillion is an amusing story in best Heyer traditions.
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