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The Foundling: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

The Foundling: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

by Georgette Heyer (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

    $11.59

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    Paperback 1991

    $5.32

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

The 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 form his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit. So when Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he absconds with glee. No sooner has he entered this new and dangerous world than he is plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnap and adventure ...For over fifty years, Georgette Heyer was the undisputed queen of historical, romantic fiction. The Foundling shows all of her wonderful talents at their best, and how she won a huge audience that continues to this day.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 07 Oct 2004
ISBN 10: 0099468069
ISBN 13: 9780099468066
Book Overview: A pulse-racing story of Regency romance from one of our best-known and most beloved historical novelists will capture a whole new audience in a stunning repackage.

Media Reviews
Triumphantly good . . . Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight * Sunday Telegraph *
Sparkling * Independent on Sunday *
Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic -- Katie Fforde
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.