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21%OFFGeorgette Heyer - The Toll-Gate: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency historical romance - 9780099476368 - V9780099476368
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The Toll-Gate: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency historical romance

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Description for The Toll-Gate: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency historical romance Paperback. Captain John Staple's is home from Waterloo, and life in peacetime is rather dull for the boisterous, adventure-loving Captain. But when he finds himself lost and benighted at an unmanned toll-house in the Pennines, his soldiering days suddenly pale away besides an adventure - and romance - of a lifetime. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.

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Captain John Staple's exploits against Napoleon's armies in the Spanish Peninsula have earned him the nickname 'Crazy Jack' amongst his comrades in the Dragoon Guards.

But once the Battle of Waterloo brings the Napoleonic Wars to a decisive end, the adventure-loving Captain finds life in peacetime intolerably dull.

When he finds himself lost in the Pennines, he takes refuge at an unmanned toll-house.

It's there that he ... Read more
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'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet what a treat you have in store' HARRIET EVANS
'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDE
'Utterly delightful' GUARDIAN
'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL
'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS
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Readers love The Toll-Gate . . .

***** 'Heyer's writing is fantastic - I must read more.'
***** 'Umpteenth re-read. I love this book.'
***** 'I've read this at least twice before ... and I'm still wonderfully regaled.'
***** 'Most highly recommended.'
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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099476368
SKU
V9780099476368
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

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 The Toll-Gate: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency historical romance
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 ... Read more

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