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Regency Buck

Regency Buck

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

Summary

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

'Probably the best book ever written' Antonia Fraser
'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers' Independent
'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde
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Beautiful heiress Judith Taverner has her pick of London suitors . . .

But her luck takes a turn for the worse when her hapless brother, Peregrine, becomes the target of a would-be-assassin.

To Judith's great annoyance, their mysterious guardian - the handsome Earl of Worth - seems far more intent on wooing her than saving her brother, but all is not as it seems...

When the truth is revealed, Judith will finally discover if the Earl is after her money or her heart.
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'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser
'[My] generation's Julia Quinn' Adjoa Andoh, star of Bridgerton
'Utterly delightful' Guardian
'Fabulously witty' Stephen Fry
'Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris
'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' Sophie Kinsella
'Brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order' Daily Mail
'What a treat you have in store!' Harriet Evans
'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' Sunday Telegraph
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Readers love Regency Buck . . .

***** 'A must read for any Georgette Heyer fan!'
***** 'It's a great novel, barrels of fun, highly recommend.'
***** 'One of my favourite historicals!'
***** 'You will not regret reading this book.'
***** 'Totally one of my favourite Heyer novels.'

Reviews

  • A writer of great wit and style-. I've read her books to ragged shreds.
    Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph

About the author

Georgette Heyer

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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