Intrigue, elegance, and glittering romance...
In eleven charming short stories, the Queen of Regency romance presents an exquisite romp through affairs of honor and affairs of the heart. Featuring rakes and rascals, orphans and heirs, beauties and their beaus, the legendary Georgette Heyer's signature wit and inimitable style bring the Regency world dazzlingly alive.
"Sparkling ... The stories run the gamut from cloak-and-dagger to whimsical-comedy."--Best Sellers
"A delightful assortment." --Library Journal
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
"These stories have the real feel-good factorlike curling up with a mug of hot chocolate or a glass of wine on a cold winter's day. Bliss!"
"Such fun...Each story works brilliantly on its own."
"A wonderful book to dip into or read right through."Celebrate the 80th birthday of Regency Romance with great books from Sourcebooks Casablanca!
GEORGETTE HEYER wrote over fifty novels, including Regency romances, mysteries, and historical fiction. She was known as the Queen of Regency romance, and was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, and her extraordinary plots and characterizations.
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"Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to" (Katie Fforde)
"My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours" (Margaret Drabble)
"A writer of great wit and style - I've read her books to ragged shreds" (Kate Fenton Daily Telegraph)
"Every girl, whatever her age, needs her own complete set of Heyer titles. More than romantic they are witty, elegant, stylish and the best comedies of manners since Jane Austen. Required reading for everyone" (Diane Pearson)
"Georgette Heyer is unbeatable" (India Knight)
One of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists captures a whole new audience in a stunning repackage.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Signet Printing. Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, light reading crease, a little edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 202 pages; A collection of 11 short stories, romance fiction set in Regency England by the mistress of regency romance. "An enchanted world of debutante balls, moonlit meetings and stolen kisses. A vanished world of great country houses and scandalous elopements. A frivolous world of sprightly schoolgirls, bored dandies, pretty widows and masquerading peers. An elegant world where duels at dawn and marriages of convenience threaten - but love always reigns supreme.". Seller Inventory # 9279
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