Toll-Gate, The

from wealhtheowwylfing

John "Crazy Jack" Staple is rich, well-bred and, since the end of the Napoleonic wars, bored. A chance meeting at a toll-gate with the beautiful granddaughter of the local squire leads Jack to stay in a small village. While he woos Nell, he notices a number of unlikely coincidences...and eventual...

from Murphy-Jacobs

One of my favorite Heyer books, with a rip-roaring adventure and mystery plunked down in the center, with a little love at first sight wrapped around it. I listen to the audio version like one listens to music, and still laugh at the humor and thrill to the danger.

from AbigailAdams26

Captain John Staple, whose adventurous spirit and uncommon daring had earned him the sobriquet "Crazy Jack," returns to England shortly after seeing action at the battle of Waterloo, but finds the peace somewhat tiresome. Never one to hesitate when a mystery presents itself, Jack finds himself pl...

from shadrachanki

While I enjoyed reading this book, I found it to be somewhat slow going. Captain John Staple was very entertaining, but I felt like I never got a particularly good feel for Miss Nell. Certainly their relationship came about rather faster than I really think is possible, but that's likely as not a...

from auntieknickers

I think this may be my favorite of the Georgette Heyer books I've read. The love story part is charming, but free of the misunderstandings that so often crop up in Heyer's romances; and there is enough mystery and action in the story to satisfy anyone. The date is approximately 1817; Jack Staple,...