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These Old Shades: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
Georgette Heyer
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Description for These Old Shades: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
paperback. Under the reign of Louis XV, Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon flourishes well. Then, from a dark Parisian back alley, he plucks Leon, a red-headed urchin with strangely familiar looks. Among the splendours of Versailles, Justin begins to unfold his sinister plans - until, that is, Leon becomes the ravishing beauty Leonie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 246.
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!
'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER
'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers ... the permanent glister of scandal [...] ties the whole thing together' INDEPENDENT
'[My] generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton
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Leonie Bonnard is being drawn into a twenty-year-old feud.
Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, is a reprehensible rake with an axe to grind. Decades ago the Comte de Saint-Vire did something unforgivable and ever since Justin has been lying in wait to settle the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099465829
SKU
9780099465829
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About Georgette Heyer
Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote ... Read more
Reviews for These Old Shades: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
"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 "Sparkling" The Independent
Margaret Drabble "Sparkling" The Independent