An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer (audiobook)

 genre: historical fiction

This is the 11th book I have read by Georgette Heyer. I have often ADORED her main characters and found myself laughing out loud at the delightful circumstances they find themselves in.

This was not one of those books.

The "heroine" never really comes off with main character energy. It took me chapters to figure out who she was and still by the end she was surprisingly flat. But there is a main "family" that we get to know and what this book did do for me is make alive the vibe of ex-pat Brussels as it is on the brink of the Battle of Waterloo. Since I recently read an actual history book about this period, I know how accurate this book actually is and how many real-life people are within its pages. When we are just dealing with the social situations and the interplay between people, this book is just as good as any Heyer but THE BATTLE.

Oh it was so long.

I cannot express how elaborate the description of the battle is.

I don't know what Heyer was thinking.

Because I cannot imagine that anyone who is reading this type of book wants PAGES AND PAGES AND MORE PAGES OF INTRICATELY DETAILED BATTLE MANEUVERS.

So.   

I hate giving 2 stars to a Georgette Heyer, because she has made me laugh until I actually cried before.

But this was too much, even for me.