The Black Moth: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

The Black Moth: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

by Georgette Heyer (Author)

Synopsis

Jack Carstares, the disgraced Earl of Wyncham, left England seven long years ago, sacrificing his honour for that of his brother when he was accused of cheating at cards. Now he is back, roaming his beloved South Country in the disguise of a highwayman. Not long after his return, he encounters his old adversary, the libertine Duke of Andover, just in time to dispute at the point of his sword the attempted abduction of a society beauty. But foiled once, the 'Black Moth' has no intention of failing again. With this peerlessly romantic and dashing story shows Georgette Heyer's great skills fully formed even at an incredibly young age - and how she was set to work over the hearts of readers around the world.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 01 Jan 2004

ISBN 10: 0099466198
ISBN 13: 9780099466192
Book Overview: The first novel by the greatest author of historical romance in the world - a wonderful tale of love and adventure set in Heyer's Regency England.

Media Reviews
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
Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to -- Katie Fforde
A writer of great wit and style ... I've read her books to ragged shreds -- Kate Fenton * Daily Telegraph *
Sparkling * Independent *
A tale of love and adventure, clearness and charm, and an originality to delight. A tale to stir one's blood * Boston Evening Transcript *
Author 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.