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Acclaimed author Diana Norman wrote several historical novels, including the internationally bestselling MISTRESS OF THE ART OF DEATH series, under the name Ariana Franklin.
THE VIZARD MASK was originally published in 1994 and has become available again as ebook only.
Penitence Hurd journeys from Puritan America to London to find her aunt, and steps into a city full of rogues, hell-fire and fleshly pleasures. When she discovers her aunt is running a brothel, Penitence has no option but to point out the wickedness.
As the Plague releases its horror over London's streets, Penitence is forced to acknowledge that courage and a paradoxical decency are to be found among the wicked as much as the saintly. Her former morality shaken, she meets Aphra Behn, playwright and spy for Charles II, who introduces her to the wicked Restoration stage, where nearly all England's first actresses are somebody's mistress, and Penitence is changed forever...
- Sales Rank: #149738 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-02-15
- Released on: 2013-02-15
- Format: Kindle eBook
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
All the world's a stage...
By Misfit
It's 1664 and Puritan Penitence Hurd arrives from America armed with nothing but her faith, a bag filled with wampum and tobacco and the address of her long lost aunt. The address takes her to the Cock and Pie on Dog Street, a brothel with a Madame who goes by the moniker of "Her Ladyship". Told that her aunt is long gone and most likely dead and with no where else to go Penitence accepts a position as seamstress as Her Ladyship is surprisingly reluctant to allow her to whore like the others. Plague soon breaks out and all on Dog Street are quarantined in their homes to catch it and die or survive the forty days and be freed. Penitence's room is across the way from room rented by the mysterious Henry King and they strike up a strange friendship as Henry teaches her to use The Vizard Mask to become someone else and thus lose her terrible stutter As the plague loosens its hold Henry and Penitence share one night of passion before he gains his freedom and disappears from her life.
Fate has a few unfortunate surprises for Penitence (pregnancy, Newgate, illegal pamphlet printing to name a few) and many times the only way to get past it is the oldest way in the world, but she will do anything to keep her independence. Once she sees the glitter and magic of the King's Theater she is determined to beat the odds and make it - although when she crosses one of King Charles' rowdy noblemen and he strikes back she's willing to give up her freedom for royal protection (no it's not who you are thinking it is). As she settles into a safe, albeit boring life with her royal protector, Penitence gets a shock when Henry King once again drops into her life and his name is not Henry King.......
That's as far as I'm going, if you want to know more then read it for yourself. Penitence's story begins just before the Great Plague of London through to the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion and it's aftermath to the coronation of William and Mary. Fans of Charles Stuart be warned, he does not come off looking too pretty in this one, he's portrayed at his rutting, double dealing worst here.
At times very witty and bawdy with lots of laugh out loud moments makes this a fast fun read, but there are some very difficult moments as well - keeping her son hidden and to safety after the failed Monmouth rebellion will have you on the edge of your seat, as well as the descriptions of the Bloody Assizes after the failed rebellion. That said there are times when the pace dropped off and got a bit tedious (the plague went on waaaaaay too long, as well as that last bit at the end trying to get ______ buried in Poet's corner *yawn*). Even with the flaws I enjoyed it a lot, and most especially when Penitence and Henry were in the same room - some of the best banter I've come across in a long time. Four stars.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
American readers are missing a good bet
By Curmudgea
I can't help but wonder where U.S. lovers of historical fiction are when it comes to Diana Norman's very readable, but highly literate novels. Although the plot of The Vizard Mask has some parallels to that of her A Catch of Consequences, that was of no consequence to me; this was still a great and original read. I'm just about through its 700 pages and dreading the end of this fast-paced adventure. Through this story of a New England Puritan girl who returns to England, I've found myself transported back to the era of the plague, the London fire, the excesses of the court during the Restoration, and more.
I can't get enough of Diana Norman's novels, as well as her 12th century mysteries written under the pseudonym Ariana Franklin. Unfortunately, many of her earlier novels are out of print and expensive, and I had to get this one through an interlibrary loan.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A gritty and gripping story. Excellent!
By Margaret Fiore
After finding out that Ariana Franklin was Diana Norman, and that there were to be no more of her wonderful "Mistress of the Art of Death" books coming, I went looking for her earlier works. I am so VERY glad that I did! After joyously devouring her Makepeace Hedley books (which are also excellent), I dove into The Vizard Mask. And I have to say that it may be the very best of all of them so far! Just as she did with Adelia in "Mistress of the Art of Death", and Makepeace in "A Catch of Consequence" and the following books, Diana Norman created a wonderfully engaging and real Penitence Hurd to be at the center of this excellent book. How irresistible! An early American Puritan thrown into the stews of London during the Restoration! And smack into a brothel, at that!
I must add that I am not normally a reader of historical fiction. (Unless you count "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell", which also could easily claim several other genre labels...) But, as with ALL of the Diana/Ariana Norman/Franklin books, the historical aspects never get in the way of a great human drama.
In addition to being an absolute page-turner, filled with poignancy and humor, the book also gives us an inside look at the horrifying plight of women in these earlier centuries. And yet it manages to do that without ever getting preachy or depressing. Having finished the book, I am reluctant to start another - I don't expect to find anything that measures up to it anytime soon.
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