Countess Ashby de la Zouche: The Rival Queens (Paperback)

from bridgetmarkwood

Fun book! Well written and researched. Great twisty plot. I will be on the lookout for other works by Fidelis Morgan!

from amerigoUS

A thoroughly enjoyable mystery filled with bawdy humor, highjinks, silliness, and colorful characters, but alas! - no royalty. The two queens are actually actresses of the London Theatre. When one of them quite literally loses her head, Lady Ashby de la Zouche, a relic of the Restoration Age, and...

from Voracious_Reader

The Rival Queens was funny and effectively adapted the comedy of manners, see, e.g., Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play, The Rivals, into a novel form. I found it to be much more interesting than many actual manner comedies. The mystery plot was credible, and the story, while bawdy, was not boring.

from RubyScarlett

The gentle cover really makes me laugh because the book is anything but gentle. So! This is the second installment in the Countess Ashby de la Zouche mysteries series. We're in the company of our old friends the Countess and her former maid Alpiew for another adventure in Restoration England. Fir...

from madamejeanie

I have to say I love Morgan's books. They are a delight to read, the characters are so well developed that I feel I know them. This is the second in her Restoration England mystery series and it was better than the first. The Countess and Alpiew are a couple of women I'd love to know, I think. I ...