a clever subversion of a romantic trope, with a typically ingenious Heyer-style heroine, a marvellously Wodehouse-ish hero. 'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times One of you shall have her, and my fortune into the bargainSuch was. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris Read 1,651 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. To make Jack jealous, Kitty impulsively convinces his cousin, the kind-hearted and chivalrous Freddy Standen, to enter into a pretend engagement.īut the more time she spends with Freddy, the more Kitty wonders whether Jack is the right choice after all. If you love Bridgerton, youll love Georgette HeyerThe greatest writer who ever lived Antonia FraserOne of my perennial comfort authors. She also learned that she did not like Jack more than she liked Freddie.

(Author) 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,087 ratings Book 11 of 27: Regency Romances Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 27.98 8 Used from 11.95 Paperback 9.89 10 Used from 2.34 Mass Market Paperback 7.04 10 Used from 3. She learned of the beautiful sights and the gaiety of London but that there were some things in London she should be wary of. Follow the Author Georgette Heyer Cotillion Paperback Import, Januby Georgette H. However, Kitty's clear favourite - the rakish Jack Westruther - doesn't appear at all interested in the arrangement. She learned that she could be quite beautiful with the right clothes and quite different from the plain girl her straitlaced upbringing had allowed. She must marry one of his five grand-nephews. Penicuik, is leaving Kitty all of his vast fortune - but with one condition. Cotillion is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer published in 1952. Miss Georgette Heyer practises a very much milder mystery that Mr Chandler Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, and the murder of an objectionable solicitor in Detection Unlimited is solved without recourse to violence and in the best of humour. It is one of the most light-hearted of Heyer's romances, avoiding the mystery, intrigue, and sensational events present in many of her novels. Her eccentric and childless guardian, Mr. Cotillion is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer published in 1952.

Kitty Charing's life-changing inheritance comes with a catch.

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