Primrose Path

by Barbara Metzger

Book Overview

"One of the genre's wittiest pens. Barbara Metzger deliciously mixes love and laughter." --Romantic Times 'TWAS MORE THAN JUST A BONE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORS! Seventh Viscount Knowle--a war... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449225097
• ISBN13: 9780449225097
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Ivy Books
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Dogs rule in this charming tale!

What a fun tale - the personalities of the dogs make this story so wonderful. How many books have fainting dogs, man-hating dogs, escaping dogs, horse biting dogs, sheep killing dogs (unfairly labeled!), and little blind barking mites of dogs. Throw in a spy in the shape of a French courtesan, a respectable duchess, a "fallen" schoolteacher, a sweet companion (our heroine) and a toplofty viscount (our hero) and you have a delightful romp with all sorts of hilarious situations! Poor Corin (our viscount hero)! All he wants is Primrose Cottage to serve as a place to hide a spy (serving England). Now his Aunt Sophie has died, the place will be his! But Aunt Sophie had other plans and the cottage was left to her companion, Angelina. She is to care for all the remaining dogs that Aunt Sophie has collected during her life, oversee the building of a "home for dogs," and collect a little salary besides. Corin tries hard to find homes for these dogs for the sooner they are gone, the sooner Angelina is gone. But instead he loses his heart as "Angel" becomes less a drab companion and more of a lady. The romance is very sweet. Angelina tries hard not to lose her heart since she believes she is unfit to be a Lord's wife. You will laugh your way through all the dog tales (pun intended) and other intrigues that go on to a very satisfying conclusion. Well worth reading and keeping!

Going to the doggies . . .

1. Go to your nearest bookstore or library. 2. Purchase/select a copy of "The Primrose Path" by Barbara Metzger. 3. Go to a very private place before you begin to read. 4. Read about the tumultuous events at Primrose Cottage, which, although he truly doesn't need it, the Seventh Viscount Knowle had anticipated to be a part of his inheritance. While he was off fighting Boney, however, his aged Aunt Sophie had not only acquired a companion, Miss Angelina Armstead, but a hoard of hairy 'heirs' as well. The two ladies have turned Primrose Cottage into a sanctuary for problem doggies, or doggies with problems. As the somewhat toplofty Viscount tries to dislodge Miss Angelina along with her doggies, a slightly different outcome occurs. She dislodges his heart from the block of ice in which it had been hiding. As all of this unfolds, you will no doubt -- 5. Chuckle. 6. Chortle. 7. Giggle. 8. Guffaw. 9. Wipe tears from eyes. 10. Laugh some more, ad infinitum.Warning: Do not, under any circumstances, give this book to anyone who is recuperating from surgery. Anyone who has had stitches put into their person within the previous thirty days must avoid this book for at least another thirty days.This is without doubt, the funniest book I have ever read. If only Ms. Metzger could write for television. She'd keep people off the streets, that's for certain. It's really too bad there can't be extra stars available for such superlative efforts.

Hilarious Regency Romp By One Of The Genre's Best!

How could a publisher with any business -- or otherwise! -- sense allow any book of Barbara Metzger's to go out of print? She is one of the Regency genre's best writers, and one of the wittiest authors in any genre. One of the reviews here cited saw this as a movie, and I heartily concur---the situations and slapstick in The Primrose Path are positively hilarious. Viscount Knowle (aka Knolly) finds himself up to his champagne-polished Hessian boots in dogs, long-lost sisters, French spies, ex-mistresses, languishing possible fiancees, and others, when he tangles with the formidable Angelina Armistead, his late aunt's companion. Knowle has to remove Angelina from Primrose Cottage in order to house a fleeing French spy, but Lena aka Angel has been mandated by the late aunt's will to provide a home for her numerous dogs. A clash of wills and personalities becomes a charming love story. Knowle is a marvelous hero, even as he fends off the monstrous Ajax and the problematic Puddles, and tries to keep upwind of old Windy. A smart BBC producer would do well to snap this up. But do BBC producers (or any producers at all) read Regency romances???? Well, they should!

regency the way it should be!

What can I say, a Regency isn't supposed to take itself too seriously...and this one leaves you smiling. In fact, you should be smiling the whole time you are reading this book. There are twista and turns, but never for a moment are you in doubt that love will some how win out in the end.

Hilarious! Great fun. I laughed out loud for 2 days.

I would so enjoy seeing this book done as a movie in the style of Pride & Prejudice. There is a little intrigue in addition to a great deal of comedy. I wish Sue Birtwhistle would take a look at this book and choose Colin Frith as the lead, Lord Knowle. Definitely worth reading more than once.