Name: the foundling
Price: 20.75 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Georgette Heyer
ISBN: 9781402219481

Type

Physical Book

Author

Georgette Heyer

Publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

Language

English

Pages

464

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 13.3 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.48 kg.

ISBN

1402219482

ISBN13

9781402219481

Synopsis "the foundling"

The Queen of Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer, delights readers with a charming tale of a duke who is tired of playing by the rules.The Duke of Sale is out to prove himselfThe shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents. Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware, Gilly for short, has endured twenty-four years of rigorous mollycoddling from his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit.A mysterious beauty provides the perfect opportunityWhen Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he escapes with glee. But he has no sooner entered this new and dangerous world than he is plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnapping, adventure, and surprises at every turn.Praise for Georgette Heyer and The Foundling: What happens when a many-titled Duke decides to play hooky from his suffocating dignity...--Kirkus ReviewsReading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.--Publishers Weekly

Georgette Heyer

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Georgette Heyer (1902-1974) fue una prolífica escritora inglesa, célebre por crear el género de la novela romántica de la Regencia y destacar en la ficción histórica y policial. Con más de 50 novelas, debutó a los 19 años con The Black Moth (1921), caracterizándose por sus diálogos ingeniosos, una rigurosa ambientación histórica y tramas románticas influenciadas por Jane Austen.

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