The Toll-Gate: 13 (Regency Romances) - Softcover

Heyer, Georgette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402238819 ISBN 13: 9781402238819

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2011

Synopsis

"Witty...a cheerful extravaganza."--The New Yorker

His exploits were legendary...

Captain John Staple, back from the battlefront, is already bored with his quiet civilian life in the country. When he stumbles upon a mystery involving a disappearing toll-gate keeper, nothing could keep the adventure-loving captain from investigating.

But winning her will be his greatest yet...

The plot thickens when John encounters the enigmatic Lady Nell Stornaway and soon learns that rescuing her from her unsavory relatives makes even the most ferocious cavalry charge look like a particularly tame hand of loo. Between hiding his true identity from Nell and the arrival in the neighborhood of some distinctly shady characters, Captain Staple finds himself embarked on the adventure-and romance-of a lifetime.

"Spritely and good fun."-New York Herald Tribune

"Once again Georgette Heyer has directed her comic genius along the fictional highway of early nineteenth-century England, but this time...cleaves with refreshing persistence to the commoner levels of life."-Chicago Sunday Tribune

"Told in elegant prose with exceptionally humorous dialogue by the Queen of Regency romance."-Good Book Guide

About this title

Review:

"Solid storytelling [and] compelling characters...make Henderson a name to watch. Highly recommended."

From the Publisher:

'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

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1402238819
• ISBN 13: 9781402238819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320