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Historical RomanceRegency Romance

Fool's Masquerade

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  • 1984 first published
  • 224 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (7 ratings)
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Joan Wolf's Fool's Masquerade (1984) is a historical romance and Regency romance novel. The story is set in Yorkshire, in the Regency era. It features Valentine Ardsley and Lord Diccon Leyburn.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 31 more have it on their want-to-read list.

It runs to roughly 224 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Fool's Masquerade

Valentine Ardsley disguised herself as a teenaged boy to take a job as a groom on the magnificent Yorkshire estate of the arrogantly self-assured, imperiously handsome, Lord Diccon Leyburn. But her daring escape from the narrow confines of young ladyhood did not last long. — Valentine was unmasked by Lord Leyburn with shameful ease. Even worse, when Leyburn made her an offer of marriage, he made it insultingly clear that this was a matter of duty on his part, and certainly not desire. Never would Valentine accept such an odious offer. Instead she would go to London to find a gentleman who would really love her -- even if this meant pretending she could love any man but the infuriatingly irresistible Lord Leyburn in return.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Valentine Ardsley
  • Lord Diccon Leyburn

Subjects

  • Regency Historical Romance

Quick answers

Who wrote Fool's Masquerade?

Fool's Masquerade was written by Joan Wolf and first published in 1984.

What genre is Fool's Masquerade?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Regency Romance.

How long is Fool's Masquerade?

The median edition has 224 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Fool's Masquerade?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Unknown Ajax, Lady of Quality and The Rebel Bride.

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