Georgette Heyer: Reluctant Widow, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Reluctant Widow
- Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
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- Verlag:
- Cornerstone, 10/2004
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780099468073
- Artikelnummer:
- 2147501
- Umfang:
- 288 Seiten
- Ausgabe:
- New ed.
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2004
- Gewicht:
- 205 g
- Maße:
- 200 x 131 mm
- Stärke:
- 19 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 7.10.2004
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Kurzbeschreibung
One of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists, Georgette Heyer has captured a whole new audience's heart.
Beschreibung
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.
Klappentext
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!
'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser
'Brims with elegance, wit and historical accuracy' Daily Mail
'Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris
When she steps inside the wrong carriage in a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale little knows that she is about to embark on a thrilling and dangerous adventure.
Overnight the would-be governess becomes the 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.
Readers love The Reluctant Widow ...
***** 'I love Georgette Heyer - fun plots, fun characters, good dialogue . This is one of my favourites.'
***** '[The Reluctant Widow] made such an impression on me thatI still remember it after all these years.'
***** 'This was an absolute delight .'
***** 'Fun , unexpected plot that continues through the whole book.'
***** 'Georgette Heyer is still the best; this has a real plot, an unusual one at that, characters that are interesting as individuals, and is still a really good read.'
Biografie
Georgette Heyer, geboren am 16. August 1902, schrieb mit siebzehn Jahren ihren ersten Roman, der zwei Jahre später veröffentlicht wurde. Seit dieser Zeit hat sie eine lange Reihe charmant unterhaltender Bücher verfaßt, die weit über die Grenzen Englands hinaus Widerhall fanden. Sie starb am 5. Juli 1974 in London.