Devil's Cub
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| Author | Georgette Heyer |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Georgian, Romance novel |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Released | 1932 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | These Old Shades |
| Followed by | An Infamous Army |
Devil's Cub is a novel written by Georgette Heyer, and is the sequel to These Old Shades. It is a delightful novel which weaves several storylines around the main romance plot, all written with the consummate wit and style that one expects of a Heyer. The love story of Vidal and Mary may appear to a cynical eye to be written to a common romance formula designed to titillate (the abduction of a vulnerable young woman by a Byronic hero), but only someone who has never read the book could truly think that. The emphasis is rarely on simple romance and passion, but on the complex and evolving relationship between the two: indeed, we see more of the very entertaining romance between Vidal's cousin Juliana and her chosen love than we do of Vidal and Mary. Heyer is often fatally disparaged as a "mere" romance novelist: Devil's Cub is one of her many successes which proves she is far beyond the common.
The book was published in 1932, and has not been out of print since: it is one of her most popular novels.
[edit] Plot summary
The son of the Duke and Duchess of Avon, the Marquis of Vidal is known as Devil's Cub not only for the excesses of his father but for his own wild habits. As he is paying court to a girl of the bourgeoisie, Sophia Challoner, he also partcipates in a rather impromptu duel, the outcome of which forces him to leave the country. He intends to bring Sophia with him as his mistress: but her strait-laced sister Mary has no intention of allowing her sister to be ruined, and takes her place, assuming that the Marquis will let her go once the mistake is discovered, leaving him with no chance to take Sophia afterwards. But she has not yet obtained the measure of the Marquis's personality, for in the grip of fury he takes Mary off with him instead, and only when they are in France and it is too late for either to turn back does he realise that by abducting a respectable girl he has compromised her and is obliged to offer her marriage ...
Heyer's An Infamous Army is a sequel to Devil's Cub.
