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The Reluctant Widow: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

The Reluctant Widow: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

by Georgette Heyer (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

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    Paperback 1991

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Synopsis

Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes 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. A typically thrilling and sweeping tale of romance and tragedy, The Reluctant Widow is Georgette Heyer at her best - the undisputed queen of historical romance.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 07 Oct 2004
ISBN 10: 0099468077
ISBN 13: 9780099468073
Book Overview: One of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists, Georgette Heyer has captured a whole new audience's heart.

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 *
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.