When the celebrated Georgette Heyer discussed her heroes, she was clear that she deliberately put them into two categories, effectively alpha and beta. Beta heroes - Gilly, Freddy Standen or Gervase Frant - are generally easy-going, quietly-spoken types, usually humorous and sometimes shy. Their alpha cousins, on the other hand, are far more dominant. Authoritative, powerful and demanding, the alpha men of Heyer are unmistakable, yet they always retain humanity. The Marqui