A CHRISTMAS CAROL: "…It is Heyer's accomplished art that justifies yet another version of this classic. These impressively realistic acrylic paintings by the illustrator of EXCALIBUR and ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL are richly hued and filled with Victorian detail. Heyer effectively depicts such scenes as the horrified Scrooge eating his thin gruel as the chain-dragging ghost of Jacob Marley appears, and the transformed, ebullient Scrooge, a sprig of holly tucked into his hat band-announcing to Cratchit on the day after Christmas, "I'll not only pay you more, but I'll help your family…"