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Fandom: The Masqueraders - Georgette Heyer
Characters/Pairings: Anthony Fanshawe/Prudence Tremaine
Rating: Mature
Length: 3k
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] Carmarthen
Theme: Secret Identities, Marriage, Bisexual/Pansexual Characters, Genderfuck, Small Fandoms, Book Fandoms

Summary: Anthony confesses to once having held an interest in Peter Merriot; Prudence is intrigued.

Reccer's Notes: If you like your historical romance with a side of identity porn I strongly, strongly recommend you pick up The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer, a swashbuckling tale about a young revolutionary (Robin) and his pragmatic older sister (Prudence) who, having escaped execution following the failed Jacobite rebellion, are lying low in London disguised as a fashionable lady (Kate) and her devoted younger brother (Peter). In the course of the novel, the highly respectable Sir Anthony Fanshawe falls in love with Peter/Prudence and realizes that she is in fact a woman, but it's not exactly clear which order those events happen in. [archiveofourown.org profile] Carmarthen does a fantastic (and, dare I say, very sexy) job of exploring the possibilities of a Sir Anthony who is very attracted to his wife regardless of her gender.

Fanwork Links: An Enlivening Sensation

Date: 2018-09-04 03:39 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] stardreamer
Oh, very nice! The Masqueraders is one of my favorite Heyers, and yes, there's definitely a lot of room in that plot and its aftermaths for genderplay. I'd bookmarked another fic with a similar plot, but hadn't seen this one.

Heh. Now I wish someone would write the equivalent for Robin and Letitia! Although the mechanics of that one would be rather more difficult...

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