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The Talisman Ring

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

Author: Georgette Heyer  

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One of best-known and most beloved historical novelists captures a whole new audience in a stunning repackage.

The legend of the Headless Horseman and a proposed marriage doe convenance both have their impact on the mystery of a golden talisman ring and Lord Lavenham's young heir, Ludovic. Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor Eustacie, his young French cousin, share the lightest inclination to marry one another.

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Summary

One of best-known and most beloved historical novelists captures a whole new audience in a stunning repackage.

The legend of the Headless Horseman and a proposed marriage doe convenance both have their impact on the mystery of a golden talisman ring and Lord Lavenham's young heir, Ludovic. Neither Sir Tristram Shield nor Eustacie, his young French cousin, share the lightest inclination to marry one another.

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A witty and enthralling Regency romance by one of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists.'As incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's novels' Joanne Harris'Triumphantly good' India Knight'Rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde_____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.

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Critic Reviews

“"With a Georgette Heyer you don't buy a book, you buy a world. If it suits you, you settle down forever." Time Magazine”

One of Heyer's most entertaining reads Good Book Guide
Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight
Sparkling Independent
My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours -- Margaret Drabble
With a Georgette Heyer you don't buy a book, you buy a world. If it suits you, you settle down forever Time Magazine

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About the Author

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 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.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone | Arrow Books Ltd
Published
6th January 2005
Pages
288
ISBN
9780099474395

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