Robin and Prudence Merriot have been dissemblers since they were children. But once committed to their masquerade, they must see it through... For more than fifty years Georgette Heyer was the undisputed queen of historical romance. And as these hugely succesful reprints have shown, she still has a large devoted readership.
Robin und Prudence Merriot sind seit frühester Kindheit gute Geheimniskrämer und Strategen - kein Nachteil in diesen unruhigen Zeiten. So fällt es ihnen auch nicht schwer, eine reiche Erbin aus den Händen ihres Entführers zu befreien. Doch die hierfür begonnene Maskerade müssen sie nun bis zum bitteren Ende durchstehen. Spannend und herzergreifend: eine echte Georgette Heyer.
Prudence, Jägerin und Gejagte dieses Maskenspiels um Liebe, Politik und ein beträchtliches Erbe, ist eine verwegene junge Dame. Ihre Tapferkeit und Fantasie kann sie nur zu gut gebrauchen, denn der Herr Papa schlägt als erbitterter Gegner Cromwells die gewagtesten politischen und gesellschaftlichen Purzelbäume und bringt seine Kinder damit in arge Bedrängnis. Zum Glück nimmt dann Sir Anthony die Zügel in die Hand, und weil der ein Mann von Witz und Konsequenz ist, mit Vergangenheit und Zukunft, ergibt sich Prudence in ein Schicksal, das sie seit langem fürchtet und herbeisehnt.
Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to Katie Fforde
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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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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Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making 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.
Also available soon in Arrow by Georgette Heyer:
June 2005
A Civil Contract (ISBN 0099474441)
The Spanish Bride (ISBN 009947445X)
Lady of Quality (ISBN 0099474468)
False Colours (ISBN 0099476339)
April Lady (ISBN 0099476347)
Sprig Muslin (ISBN 0099476355)
October 2005
The Toll-Gate (ISBN 0099476363)
The Quiet Gentleman (ISBN 0099476371)
Pistols for Two (ISBN 0099476398)
Cousin Kate (ISBN 0099490951)
Royal Escape (ISBN 0099476398)
Jennifer Kloester: Georgette Heyer's Regency World (William Heinemann)
January 2006
My Lord John (ISBN 0099476428)
The Conqueror (ISBN 0099490927)
Simon the Coldheart (ISBN 0099490943)
Beauvallet (ISBN 0099490935)
A delightful romantic adventure from one of the best-known and beloved historical novelists of all time.
