Informationen zum Autor Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth , published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen 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. Also available soon in Arrow by Georgette Heyer: June 2005 A Civil Contract (ISBN 0099474441) The Spanish Bride (ISBN 009947445X) Lady of Quality (ISBN 0099474468) False Colours (ISBN 0099476339) April Lady (ISBN 0099476347) Sprig Muslin (ISBN 0099476355) October 2005 The Toll-Gate (0099476363) Pistols for Two (ISBN 009947638X) Royal Escape (ISBN 0099476398) Cousin Kate (ISBN 0099490951) Masqueraders (ISBN 0099476436) Jennifer Kloester: Georgette Heyer's Regency World (William Heinemann) January 2006 My Lord John (ISBN 0099476428) The Conqueror (ISBN 0099490927) Simon the Coldheart (ISBN 0099490943) Beauvallet (ISBN 0099490935) Klappentext When Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon, he enjoys a less than welcome homecoming. Georgette Heyer was the most successful and best-loved novelist of her day, and The Quite Gentleman displays all the skills which won the hearts of her large and enduring audience. Zusammenfassung When Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon, he enjoys a less than welcome homecoming. Georgette Heyer was the most successful and best-loved novelist of her day, and The Quite Gentleman displays all the skills which won the hearts of her large and enduring audience....

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A wonderful historical novel from the undisputed queen of the genre.

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Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen 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.

Also available soon in Arrow by Georgette Heyer:
June 2005
A Civil Contract (ISBN 0099474441)
The Spanish Bride (ISBN 009947445X)
Lady of Quality (ISBN 0099474468)
False Colours (ISBN 0099476339)
April Lady (ISBN 0099476347)
Sprig Muslin (ISBN 0099476355)
October 2005
The Toll-Gate (0099476363)
Pistols for Two (ISBN 009947638X)
Royal Escape (ISBN 0099476398)
Cousin Kate (ISBN 0099490951)
Masqueraders (ISBN 0099476436)
Jennifer Kloester: Georgette Heyer's Regency World (William Heinemann)
**January 2006
**My Lord John (ISBN 0099476428)
The Conqueror (ISBN 0099490927)
Simon the Coldheart (ISBN 0099490943)
Beauvallet (ISBN 0099490935)

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When Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon, he enjoys a less than welcome homecoming. Georgette Heyer was the most successful and best-loved novelist of her day, and The Quite Gentleman displays all the skills which won the hearts of her large and enduring audience.