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Original Title:	Playing the Jack
ISBN:	0671542524 (ISBN13: 9780671542528)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Historical Duo #1
Characters:	Sprat, Jack

Playing the Jack (Historical Duo #1)

Mary Brown

Hardcover | Pages: 583 pages

Rating: 4.23 | 221 Users | 30 Reviews

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Title	:	Playing the Jack (Historical Duo #1)
Author	:	Mary Brown
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 583 pages
Published	:	March 1st 1985 by Simon & Schuster (first published 1984)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Fantasy. Historical Romance

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I'm deleting my review and pasting this perfect description from amazon reader, Lisa Jensen:

Mary Brown's vivid and ripping romantic adventure has justifiably become a cult favorite among thinking women everywhere. In rural England of the early Napoleonic era, teenage runaway Zoe, disguised as a boy, is discovered in a ditch by a ragged troupe of traveling performers. Taken in and educated in stagecraft, cunning, and the school of life, eager young Zoe is spellbound by the troupe's leader—wily, enigmatic, flamboyant Jack, a complex, and conflicted man at war with himself who harbors as many secrets as Zoe herself. From the rollicking start of their relationship on the road, Zoe evolves through a few more incarnations (including boudoir seductress), while the oh-so-fallible, yet noble-hearted Jack drops a few masks of his own, on their way to a climax full of skullduggery and redemption. Lively dialogue, deeply faceted characters who never stop growing, and a riveting pas de deux between well-matched romantic partners make this an unforgettable classic.

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Ratings: 4.23 From 221 Users | 30 Reviews

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I'm not gonna lie, I love Mary Brown. It's so predictable and has some annoying gender-essentialism, so I can't give it five stars, but damn I love Mary Brown. No fantasy in this one (well, aside from the plot), but otherwise this feels very much like "Pigs Don't Fly" and "The Unlikely Ones." Plus it's a hefty 600 pages, so it's a long read.

Good book - good storyline.Back Cover Blurb:A novel about a young runaway travelling around England in various disguises. She turns her hand to a number of trades to survive. It is a tale of a band of travellers, a story of a brothel and many more adventures.

My favorite book, ever, and one I return to every few years to re-read. My personal copy was a library edition shipped abroad from London almost 15 years ago. I'm glad to see this book is more widely available. I don't want to give much of the plot away, as I came to this narrative intentionally blind (I'm a big fan of the author), but I will say this: if you are up for a whirlwind adventure with sweeping romance and a protagonist you can root for who grows across the pages, this is the book for

A phenomenal beginning had me turning the pages quickly in disbelief at how wonderful this book is. The writing is fluid and beautiful, and on a sentence level, Mary Brown never puts a foot wrong. She specializes in unique descriptions, elegant turns of phrase, and witty dialogue. The world-building is some of the best I've seen, and her research is immaculate. But in the middle of the book, the plot takes the heroine away from the traveling circus and into a sordid subplot involving a London

I found this book over a decade ago at a library sale - a paperback buried in a bin. I picked it up and started reading and literally couldn't put it down.Twelve years later it remains on my shelf and comes out every year or two to be read and enjoyed again. While I don't usually read this genre, I love the voice, the protagonist, the unique world these characters live in. And Jack! Oh, my lovely, lovely man Jack.Mary Brown - who are you? And did you ever write anything else???

For years this was my favourite book of all time. Although I've matured more as a reader and other books have taken its place, this book --Jack and Sprat's story-- has always maintained a very special place in my heart. I make sure to read this every one or two years. Absolutely love it!

This is one of those books I just keep going back to. In fact, it's about time I did it again - might buy my own copy instead of borrowing my mother's! There's something I just love about travelling players and heroines who start off as heroes (my favourite Georgette Heyer had the same theme, maybe I read it at an impressionable age!) and this one has magic and a dashing but flawed hero.... Good stuff, big but not demanding!