The Scandal of the Season - Softcover

Gee, Sophie

3.12

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9780701181178: The Scandal of the Season

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0701181176 ISBN 13: 9780701181178

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 2007

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Review:

'Gee's sparkling debut brilliantly marries historical veracity with literary flourish'
-- Marie Claire

'An entertaining and accomplished debut that marries accessible erudition and salacious fun'
-- The First Post

'Fresh, sexy and funny, this debut is so readable it's like an 18th-century Jilly Cooper novel' -- Elle

'I was dazzled by her flair and brio... Gee displays a delight in wordplay... comparable with any 18th-century wit's.'
-- Daily Telegraph

'The Scandal of the Season is a treat; rich and satisfying'
-- The Economist

'The dirt is dished on the illicit relationship between two glamorous aristocrats that so scandalised society' -- Easy Living

'This is historical fiction at its wittiest and most enlightening.'
-- Independent

'a brisk and witty novel of calculated risk...an unsentimental and highly accomplished literary novel' -- Financial Times

`Gee manages to show us a society in action rather than merely describing it.'
-- The Guardian

`Sophie Gee has brought bawdy, chaotic 18th-century London to life with verve' -- New Statesman

Review:

`an entertaining read'

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