If you enjoyed ‘Curricle and Chaise’, ‘A Devilishly Difficult Decision’ or ‘Mr Forster’s Fortune’ then you should certainly enjoy ‘A Dashing Sort of a Blade’, with its handsome young hero, its procession of memorable characters, and some sparkling conversations which move the storyline along. After the rather quirky ‘Sovereigns’ Summer’ we return, in ‘A Dashing Sort of a Blade’ to the more mainstream approach of ‘traditional’ Regency romances in which the hopes and fears of everyday life are played-out in a world long-since gone.
