The Earl & The Emigree

by Elizabeth Chater

When the black sheep of an aristocratic English family and his wife are killed during the French Revolution, Cozette, a lovely, generous governess, delivers the young son of the marriage to the boy's disapproving, arrogant uncle, the Earl of Stone and Hamer

Genres: Regency, Romance, Historical

185 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Elizabeth Chater (1910-2004) was the author of more than twenty-four novels and countless short stories. She received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia and an M.A. from San Diego State University and joined the faculty of the latter in 1963 where she began a lifelong friendship with science fiction author Greg Bear. She was honored with The Distinguished Teacher award in 1969 and was awarded Outstanding Professor of the Year in 1977. After receiving her Professor Emeritus, she embarked on a new career as a novelist with Richard Curtis as her agent. In the 1950s and 60s she published short stories in Fantastic Universe Magazine and The Saint Mystery Magazine, and she won the Publisher’s Weekly short story contest in 1975. At the age of sixty-eight, she began writing in the romance genre and published twenty-two novels over an eight-year period. She also wrote under the pen names Lee Chater, Lee Chaytor, and Lisa Moore. For more information, please visit: https://elizabethchaterbooks.com.

Reviews

[T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

You know, I bought the paperback in 1985 when it was first released. Back then I was an innocent teen and thought this story was great. I purchased the Kindle version of the book based on those memories.

So our main female character is Cozette and she's just escaped the Terror to deliver a 4 year old boy to his family in England. She also has a note to be delivered to the King of England. I actually liked her character and loved the scenes with her and the little boy, Alexander, or Lex. She delivers him to his uncle's home in London. His uncle, also an Alexander, is the Earl of Stone and Hammer.

I was not a big fan of the Earl's. He was, however, probably written honestly for the period.

The period...According to Wikipedia, the Regency era of British history officially spanned the years 1811 to 1820, though the term is commonly applied to the longer period between c. 1795 and 1837. The story takes place before 1793, the year that both King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette executed via the guillotine during the Reign of Terror at the beginning of the French Revolution. So technically, it is pre-Regency. Sighs. Ms. Chater definitely described earlier fashions and later fashions from that era. I paid no attention to that as a teen, but after many years of education about that period, I got annoyed. If you don’t care or know anything specific about this period of history, then you will like the book.

[Tonileg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Clean historical English romance with a French daughter of a scholar running to England for the safety of a young English child and a stiff rule-bound English Earl.
Earl of Stone and Hammer is living the single rich powerful life when Miss Cozette shows up with his legal heir, his new four year old nephew, Lex (Alexander). The Earl and Cozette have chemistry, but he respects that rules to not have relationships with his servants, so he has plans for Cozette to become his mistress, but then become friends and more as they deal with terrible family relations and kidnapping. HEA guaranteed with cute scenes with the little kid and Cozette.
This totally felt like a 1990's style romance, which was nostalgic and made for a cute fluff read.
150 pages and kindle freebie
2 stars

[Julia Hebner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining

Well written, but shows its age. The hero's over bearing,potent masculinity melts the heroine in an insufferable manner. Few contemporary young women would find this behaviour and reaction ideal. A well plotted tale.

[tired]

2.5