The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER '[My] generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton 'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS _____________ Horry Winwood doesn't play by the rules. So when her family are near ruin and her sister is about to enter a loveless marriage to a wealthy man to settle the family debts, young and headstrong Horry proposes to marry him in her sister's place. As her new husband's attentions fall elsewhere, Horry begins to feel increasingly unhappy. Then she meets the attractive and dangerous Lord Lethbridge and her days suddenly become more exciting. But there is bad blood between Horry's husband and her new acquaitnance, and as complications and deceptions mount, the social tangle grows ever trickier to unpick. Will Horry's gamble cost her everything she holds most dear? _____________ 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDE 'Utterly delightful' GUARDIAN 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL 'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS _____________ Readers love The Convenient Marriage . . . ***** 'Another good read from Heyer!!! I absolutely loved the characters!!!' ***** 'Heyer's characterizations just sparkle and shine.' ***** 'Absolutely delightful. As expected, really.' ***** 'I enjoyed this historical romance very much.' ***** 'Splendid comedy, with a charming romance.'
Wonderful characters and rapturously romantic * Katie Fforde *
It is utterly delightful, all of it, and I am going to be sharing Heyer novels from now on with anyone I know who is in need of a pick-me up* Guardian Book Blog *
My favourite novelist . . . If you haven't read Georgette Heyer before, I envy you. What a treat you have in store! * Harriet Evans *
Triumphantly good . . . Georgette Heyer is unbeatable * India Knight *
Heyer’s characterisation and dialogue are an abiding delight to me. * Dorothy L. Sayers *
It is utterly delightful, all of it, and I am going to be sharing Heyer novels from now on with anyone I know who is in need of a pick-me up* Guardian Book Blog *
My favourite novelist . . . If you haven't read Georgette Heyer before, I envy you. What a treat you have in store! * Harriet Evans *
Triumphantly good . . . Georgette Heyer is unbeatable * India Knight *
Heyer’s characterisation and dialogue are an abiding delight to me. * Dorothy L. Sayers *
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 seventeen 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 | 9781787462342 |
| ISBN 10 | 178746234X |
| Title | The Convenient Marriage |
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2018-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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