The Reluctant Widow :Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
The Reluctant Widow :Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
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Published:
7 October, 2004
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If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!
'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser
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'Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris
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When she steps inside the wrong carriage in a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale little knows that she is about to embark on a thrilling and dangerous adventure.
Overnight the would-be governess becomes the mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name.
By midnight she is a bride; by dawn a widow.
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Readers love The Reluctant Widow ...
***** 'I love Georgette Heyer - fun plots, fun characters,good dialogue. This is one of my favourites.'
***** '[The Reluctant Widow] made such an impression on me that I still remember it after all these years.'
***** 'This was an absolute delight.'
***** 'Fun, unexpected plot that continues through the whole book.'
***** 'Georgette Heyer is still the best; this has a real plot, an unusual one at that, characters that are interesting as individuals, and is still a really good read.'
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099468073 |
| ISBN10 | 0099468077 |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 204 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 199 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Cornerstone |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Triumphantly good... Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight * Sunday Telegraph *
My favourite historical novelist * Margaret Drabble *
A writer of great wit and style ... I've read her books to ragged shreds -- Kate Fenton * Daily Telegraph *
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Author's Bio
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 fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.