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From the desk of Laura A. Wallace:
Georgette Heyer’s novel The Toll Gate is a little different from her typical Regencies. It is more of a mystery than a romance and is told primarily from the point of view of the hero.
The hero, Captain John Staple, shares several characteristics with Hugo Darracott of The Unknown Ajax. Like Hugo, John is a former army officer who sold out after Napoleon’s defeat—though, in John’s case, he Continue reading “The Toll-Gate, by Georgette Heyer – A Review”
From the desk of Laura Gerold:
Originally published in 1954, The Toll-Gate is a regency novel by Georgette Heyer. Unlike the other books I’ve read by Heyer, The Toll-Gate is not so much a regency romance as a regency mystery with a bit of romance. The novel is set in 1817 in the Peak District, which is an upland area in north-central England mainly in Derbyshire (which is also the setting for many scenes in Pride and Prejudice). Continue reading “The Toll-Gate, by Georgette Heyer – A Review”
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