Sir Philip's Folly (The Poor Relation) - Softcover

Chesney, Marion

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9780312953362: Sir Philip's Folly (The Poor Relation)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312953364 ISBN 13: 9780312953362

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1994

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The family plots an elaborate deception when Sir Philip brings home the vulgar and greedy Mrs. Budge, while Lady Carruthers passes off her daughter as a school miss and sets her own cap for the young Earl of Denby--whom the daughter also pursues. Reprint.

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Book Description:

The fourth episode in M.C Beaton's witty and fun Regency Romance series The Poor Relation.

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Commotion reigns at the Poor Relation hotel when two unwelcome ladies create chaos among the established order of things!

Sir Philip Sommerville is quite the antique, but not too old to bring home a paramour: fat, vulgar and greedy Mrs Budge who, the other poor relations are agreed upon, has to go.

And then there is Lady Carruthers, a highly rouged widow who passes off her grown daughter, Arabella, as a school miss while setting her own cap for the young Earl of Denby, despite the fact that young Arabella is quite smitten with the dashing golden-haired earl! So once again it is up to the other poor relations to straighten out the course of true love . . .

Praise for M. C. Beaton

'A delightful tale . . . romance fans are in for a treat.' Booklist

'[M. C. Beaton] is the best of the Regency writers.' Kirkus

'This is a charming and humorous Regency recommended for those who enjoy light-hearted historical romance.' Publishers Weekly

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