Name: Regency Buck - Georgette Heyer
Brand: Georgette Heyer
Price: 94.19 RON
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In Heyer's latest Regency novel, beautiful Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine, find Julian St. John Audley, the Fifth Earl of Worth, to be an arrogant, insufferable dandy. Unfortunately for them he is also, quite by chance, their legal guardian. n nAn altogether unsatisfactory arrangementn nAfter their father's death, Miss Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine travel to London to meet their guardian, Lord Worth, expecting an elderly gentleman. To their surprise and utter disgust, their guardian is not much older than they are, doesn't want the office of guardian any more than they want him, and is determined to thwart all their interests and return them to the country.n nWith altogether too many complicationsn nBut when Miss Taverner and Peregrine begin to move in the highest social circles, Lord Worth cannot help but entangle himself with his adventuresome wards...n nPraise for Regency Buck: n nClever -- Library Journal nGeorgette Heyer is unbeatable.-- Sunday Telegraph nLight and frothy, in the vein of the author's other Regency novels, this follows the fortunes of Miss Judith Taverner and her brother, Sir Peregrine. A good introduction to Heyer's period stories... -- The Booklist nReading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.-- Publishers Weekly nA writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds-- Katie Fenton, Daily Telegraph nWonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously roma