The Vizard Mask

The Vizard Mask

1994 • 704 pages

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I have no words for this book. It's wonderful. It's perfect? It's just what I needed. It's just what I always wanted.

I'll be the first to admit I've never cared much for Restoration history, which probably made some of the twists more twisty than they were meant to be. But for being a book of historical fiction, it's full of surprise. It's full of romance, too, the sort I don't generally care for, much less root for. The main romance is a mature, thoughtful love, something that grows and changes with time, just like the plot, just like the characters. This book is a masterpiece.

Diana Norman was not buried in Poet's Corner.

But she should have been.

November 10, 2021