Arrow Books The Convenient Marriage Хейер Джоржетт

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor his beautiful young cousin, Eustacie, share the slightest inclination to marry one another • Yet it is Eustacie's grandfather's dying wish, made on his deathbed • For there is no one else to look after and provide for Eustacie while his heir, Ludovic, remains a fugitive from justice after allegedly murdering a man in a dispute over a priceless family heirloom • And so the hunt is on - to find Ludovic and bring him home as well as the Talisman Ring • Romance, a murder mystery, a proposed marriage of convenience, and the hunt for a golden ring lie at the heart of one of Georgette Heyer's funniest and fastest-paced romantic comedies to date

«Неизвестный Аякс» - роман Джорджет Хейер в стиле эпохи Регентства • В возвышенном, изолированном доме Дэрракоттов случается трагедия • И когда старший сын презренного лорда Дэрракотта встречает ужасную смерть, у семьи не остается другого выбора, кроме как пригласить его наследника Хьюго • Хьюго - бесхитростный молодой человек, не от мира сего. И семья решает помочь ему в обучении • Но со временем Дэрракотты поймут, что Хьюго совсем не такой, каким кажется на первый взгляд • Книга на английском языке • The Lofty, isolated Darracott Place is beset with tragedy • And when the contemptible Lord Darracot's eldest son meets an awful death, the family are left with no other choice than to invite mysterious heir apparent Hugo to stay • When the handsome young man arrives, their suspicions seem to be confirmed: he is unsophisticated and unworldly

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Returning home from the battle of Waterloo to claim his title as the new Seventh Earl of St Erth, Gervase Frant is met with surprising hostility from his family • Only Theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him - and when he meets his stepmother and young half-brother he detects open disappointment that he survived the wars • The tensions in the household only worsen as the beautiful Mariann, the intended bride of Gervase's half-brother, catches his eye - and his heart • Gervase may be off the battlefield, but his life is still threatened, as it becomes increasingly clear that someone wants him dead

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Captain John Staple's exploits against Napoleon's armies in the Spanish Peninsula have earned him the nickname 'Crazy Jack' amongst his comrades in the Dragoon Guards • But once the Battle of Waterloo brings the Napoleonic Wars to a decisive end, the adventure-loving Captain finds life in peacetime intolerably dull • When he finds himself lost in the Pennines, he takes refuge at an unmanned toll-house • It's there that he encounters a lady of extraordinary qualities - and suddenly, his soldiering days pale in comparison to a new adventure in which he must rescue a woman and investigate a scandalous murder

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • The charming Sophia Stanton-Lacy is a force to be reckoned with • When Sophy is sent to stay with her London relatives, she finds her cousins in quite the tangle • Cecilia is besotted with an attractive but feather-brained poet, Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender, and the ruthlessly handsome Charles is engaged to a pedantic bluestocking who seems to bring out the worst in him • Fortunately, Sophy has arrived just in time to sort them all out - but Charles is eager to rid his family of her meddlesome ways. Has the Grand Sophy finally met her match?

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Diana Beauleigh is caught between two men • Seven long years ago, Jack Carstares, the Earl of Wyncham, sacrificed his honour for his brother and has been in exile ever since • Returning to England, Jack pretends to be a gentleman named Sir Anthony Ferndale but makes his living in a most ungentlemanly fashion, as a highwayman and a gambler • When Jack encounters his nemesis, the Duke of Andover, in the midst of kidnapping Diana Beauleigh, the two old enemies come to blows • Can Jack save the beautiful Diana from rakes, kidnap and ruin...?

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

Если вы любите Бриджертонов, вы полюбите роман Джорджетт Хейер "Пудра и пластырь" • Чтобы завоевать ее руку, он должен стать тем, кого презирает • В Англии восемнадцатого века, где царит остроумие, распутство и напудренные парики, провинциал Филип Джеттан пытается стать безупречным. Клеоне Чартерис такая опасность не грозит. Золотоволосая, упрямая, приводящая в отчаяние мужчин, она ищет мужа, который будет лучшим дуэлянтом и игроком в кости • Итак, Филип уезжает в Париж, где надежды его отца и идеалы его возлюбленной воплощаются в жизнь с непредвиденными последствиями для них обоих… • Книга на английском языке • If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • To win her hand, he must become what he despises • In an eighteenth-century England of wit, womanising and powdered wigs, provincial Philip Jettan runs the risk of irreproachability

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • 1815, and the British and French armies are massing ahead of one of the greatest battles of all time • Occupied by the British, Brussels however is en fete • And Lady Barbara Childe, renowned for being as fashionable as she is beautiful, is at the centre of all that is fashionable and light-hearted • When she meets Charles Audley, the dashing aide de camp to the great Duke of Wellington, her sense of fun and mischief knows no bounds • But it is the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, and who knows whether they will ever meet again

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Annis Wychwood delights in her independence • Beautiful, rich and far too busy for love, she has turned down the advances of many a hopeful suitor • But when she becomes entangled in the affairs of a runaway heiress, she encounters the girl's guardian, the notorious Oliver Carleton • While Oliver may be a reckless and uncivil rogue, Annis can't help but be drawn towards his wild ways

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Max Ravenscar is a renowned gamester • The first to admit he is entirely void of a romantic disposition, he regards all eligible females with indifference and unconcern • But then he meets the woman his young cousin is bent on marrying - the beautiful Deborah Grantham who also happens to be the mistress of her aunt's gaming establishment • And he finds that none of his experience in risk or gambling has prepared him for such a worthy or beguiling opponent

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Adam Deveril returns from the Peninsula War a hero, only to find his family on the brink of ruin and his much-loved ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt • It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who introduces him to Mr. Chaleigh, a City man of apparently unlimited wealth, with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only beloved daughter • Though this civil contract may work on paper, saving one from ruin and bringing the other desired social status, there is only one way to find out if it can really work