Crocodile on the Sandbank

This is a British imperial ladies adventure novel that was written decades ago. In re-reading, it has all the tropes associated with a book of this genre. The main character complains about corsetry and embraces the sensible dress movement, there's multiple references to women being capable but assumed frail and men who say “you're not going to faint, are you?” Rather than just getting on with the adventure or the romance.

I am not saying this is a bad book. It's just that over the years, period adventure and romance novels have become a little more nuanced.