Books where gentlemen drive curricles drawn by match-bays and ladies wear sprigged muslin gowns. Books like The Grand Sophy, Regency Buck, and Frederica.

When one hears the name Georgette Heyer, one generally thinks of her Regency Novels. ***** 'Heyer writes vivid, opinionated characters and she captures the Georgian period beautifully.-'Epilogue to Eighteenth-Century Vignettes' ***** 'I can see why is touted as the best of the best when it comes to historical romance. ***** 'Oh how I adored this book! Such fantastic characters. ***** 'Loved the sharp wit, the intrigue, the characterisation.' ***** 'I'm not sure that I can entirely express how much I truly love this book and how absolutely amazing it is.' 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining. Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDE Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS Can Leonie win the Duke's affection, or will his need for revenge overcome them both? Except Leon is in fact Leonie, a beautiful young ingénue who may just steal Justin's heart. When Justin meets Leon, a street urchin with a striking resemblance to his nemesis, he aims to use him as a pawn in his plans for revenge on the Comte. Decades ago the Comte de Saint-Vire did something unforgivable and ever since Justin has been lying in wait to settle the score. Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, is a reprehensible rake with an axe to grind. _ Leonie Bonnard is being drawn into a twenty-year-old feud. ' generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton the permanent glister of scandal ties the whole thing together' INDEPENDENT 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers. If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER

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