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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
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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.
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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 that I still

Trade Review
Triumphantly good... Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight * Sunday Telegraph *
My favourite historical novelist * Margaret Drabble *
A writer of great wit and style ... I've read her books to ragged shreds -- Kate Fenton * Daily Telegraph *

The Reluctant Widow

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      Publisher: Cornerstone
      Publication Date: 07/10/2004
      ISBN13: 9780099468073, 978-0099468073
      ISBN10: 0099468077

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 that I still

      Trade Review
      Triumphantly good... Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight * Sunday Telegraph *
      My favourite historical novelist * Margaret Drabble *
      A writer of great wit and style ... I've read her books to ragged shreds -- Kate Fenton * Daily Telegraph *

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