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Sylvester reminded me again why i consider georgette heyers novels the high water mark in regency romance. Heyers writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story initially written for her younger brother into the novel the. Sylvester by georgette heyer, nicholas rowe, audiobook. Written november 9, 20144 12 stars magnificently adventurous, fun and romantic in a still strong 1930s preregencydevils cub is an quite old romance novel from 1932 by georgette heyer. Darcy, but has a great turn around and reassessment of his own character as well. Digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Georgette heyer primary author only author division. Georgette heyer 19021974 was an english author particularly known for her historical romance novels set in the regency and georgian eras. Sylvester, or the wicked uncle is a regency romp at its best.
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Georgette heyer was a british writer of romances and detective fiction. The main characters of this romance, historical story are sophia stantonlacy, charles rivenhall. Sylvester, or the wicked uncle is a regency romance novel by georgette heyer. This story is set much earlier in the 15th century and follows hero simon beauvallet, a nobody who works his way up from poverty to a knighthood and becomes a friend of the future king. Sylvester georgette heyer is a masterful author of the historical romance. Its also read by the seductivevoiced richard armitage, just the pick me up for the end of winter.
Endowed with rank, wealth and elegance, sylvester, duke of salford, posts into wiltshire to discover if the honorable phoebe marlow will meet his exacting requirements for a bride. Georgette heyer was an english novelist and short story writer. Download sylvester georgette heyer richard armitage ebook. She had a lightness of wit and delicate hand in creating her books. Reading georgette heyer is the next best thing to reading jane austen. Handsome and eligible as the titled elder of the renowned fancot twins was, no one would forgive him if he failed to appear. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 328 pages and is available in paperback format. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 410 pages and is available in paperback format.
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Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Heyer creates characters that are realistic, lively, and humorous and the secondary characters are just as entertaining. Heyer s first novel was the black moth, which was published in 1921 when she was just 18 or 19 years old. A highly amusing and wonderfully romantic comedy of errors set in heyers lovingly detailed regency england. Endowed with rank, wealth and elegance, sylvester, duke of salford, posts into wiltshire to discover if the honorable ph. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial.
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