If you’ve a mind to read a historical romance, why not pick up a story by one of the original grand masters of the format, Georgette Heyer; Heyer’s The Grand Sophy for example. When Sophy’s diplomat father is sent to Brazil he leaves her with his sister’s family in England. Sophie, who had grown up in war torn (Napoleonic Wars) Europe, was a competent woman with a mind of her own. She immediately takes her cousins under her wing, setting out to right all their problems. In the course of this endeavor she clashes with her oldest cousin, Charles. In the end, of course, Sophy triumphs.
The book is humorous, chock full of lively characters, with a fast pace. Take a break from the modern world with it and dip into life in the early 1800s.
