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The Conqueror: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable historical adventure

The Conqueror: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable historical adventure

by Georgette Heyer (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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    Paperback 1972

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Synopsis

William the Bastard, base-born son of the Duke of Normandy, must fight the King of France to regain his Duchy. Spurned in love by the lovely Princess Matilda, the fighting Duke dares to take a whip to her in her own father's palace, before making her his bride. Thwarted by the Saxon Earl Harold of a promise of the throne of England, William the Conqueror sails to Hastings to claim the King's crown and sceptre for his own.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 05 Jan 2006
ISBN 10: 0099490927
ISBN 13: 9780099490920
Book Overview: 'Every girl, whatever her age, needs her own complete set of Heyer titles. More than romantic they are witty, elegant, stylish and the best comedies of manners since Jane Austen. Required reading for everyone.' - Diane Pearson

Media Reviews
'Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.' -- Katie Fforde
'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
'A writer of great wit and style - I've read her books to ragged shreds.' -- Kate Fenton * Daily Telegraph *
'Sparkling' * Independent on Sunday *
'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable' -- India Knight
Author Bio
Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making 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. Also available soon in Arrow by Georgette Heyer: June 2005 A Civil Contract (ISBN 0099474441) The Spanish Bride (ISBN 009947445X) Lady of Quality (ISBN 0099474468) False Colours (ISBN 0099476339) April Lady (ISBN 0099476347) Sprig Muslin (ISBN 0099476355) October 2005 The Toll-Gate (0099476363) The Quiet Gentleman (0099476371) Pistols for Two (ISBN 009947638X) Royal Escape (ISBN 0099476398) Cousin Kate (ISBN 0099490951) Masqueraders (ISBN 0099476436) Jennifer Kloester: Georgette Heyer's Regency World (William Heinemann) January 2006 My Lord John (ISBN 0099476428) Simon the Coldheart (ISBN 0099490943) Beauvallet (ISBN 0099490935)