Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF EVERY ILL THAT HAS BEFALLEN ME! YOU SAY I ILL USED YOU- IF I DID YOU ARE WONDERFULLY REVENGED FOR YOU HAVE RUINED ME! Endowed with rank, wealth and elegance, Sylvester, Duke of Salford posts into Wiltshire to discover if the Hon Phoebe Marrlow will meet his exacting requirements for a bride. If he does not expect to meet a tongue-tied stripling wanting both manner and conduct, then he is intrigued indeed when his visit causes Phoebe to flee her home. They meet again on the road to London, where her carriage has come to grief in the snow. yet Phoebe, already caught in one imbroglio, now knows she soon could well be deep in another.Georgette Heyer (1902-1974) was an English writer of historical romance and detective fiction. Born in London, Heyer was raised as the eldest of three children by a distinguished British Army officer and a mother who excelled as a cellist and pianist at the Royal College of Music. Encouraged to read from a young age, she began writing stories at 17 to entertain her brother Boris, who suffered from hemophilia. Impressed by her natural talent, Heyer's father sought publication for her work, eventually helping her to release The Black Moth (1921), a detective novel. Heyer then began publishing her stories in various magazines, establishing herself as a promising young voice in English literature. Following her father's death, Heyer became responsible for the care of her brothers and shortly thereafter married mining engineer George Ronald Rougier. In 1926, Heyer publisher her second novel, These Old Shades, a work of historical romance. Over the next several decades, she published consistently and frequently, excelling with romance and detective stories and establishing herself as a bestselling author.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749304515 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749304510 |
| Title | Sylvester |
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1992-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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