The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser 'As incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's novels' Joanne Harris 'Triumphantly good' India Knight _____________ Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor his beautiful young cousin, Eustacie, share the slightest inclination to marry one another. Yet it is Eustacie's grandfather's dying wish, made on his deathbed. For there is no one else to look after and provide for Eustacie while his heir, Ludovic, remains a fugitive from justice after allegedly murdering a man in a dispute over a priceless family heirloom. And so the hunt is on - to find Ludovic and bring him home as well as the Talisman Ring ... Romance, a murder mystery, a proposed marriage of convenience, and the hunt for a golden ring lie at the heart of one of Georgette Heyer's funniest and fastest-paced romantic comedies to date. _____________ Readers love The Talisman Ring . . . ***** 'Fantastic rip roaring comedy- mystery- farce, with not one romance, but two!' ***** 'I love this book. I love the characters; I love the plot.' ***** 'I know I'll be rereading it whenever I need a good laugh.' ***** 'I could not put this book down.' ***** 'It's hilarious and made me laugh out loud. Definitely one of Heyer's best.'
One of Heyer's most entertaining reads * Good Book Guide *
Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight
Sparkling * Independent *
My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and wittyHer sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours -- Margaret Drabble
With a Georgette Heyer you don't buy a book, you buy a world. If it suits you, you settle down forever * Time Magazine *
Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight
Sparkling * Independent *
My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and wittyHer sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours -- Margaret Drabble
With a Georgette Heyer you don't buy a book, you buy a world. If it suits you, you settle down forever * Time Magazine *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099474395 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099474395 |
| Title | The Talisman Ring |
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2005-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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