Book Review: Georgette Heyer’s The Unknown Ajax
Forced to accept the despised weaver’s brat as his heir, Lord Darracott is determined that the family will lick Major Hugo Darracott into shape…and marry his impoverished cousin Anthea.
Forced to accept the despised weaver’s brat as his heir, Lord Darracott is determined that the family will lick Major Hugo Darracott into shape…and marry his impoverished cousin Anthea.
Rich and handsome, darling of the ton, the hope of ambitious mothers and despair of his sisters, the Marquis of Alverstoke at seven-and-thirty sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. Until a distant connection, ignorant of his selfishness, applies to him for help.
The brilliance of English society and the antics of Lady Bab Childe come under fire in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo.
Rich and lovely, ardent and wilful, any restraint maddened Judith Taverner. But in her handsome guardian she met her match — and more.
Adam Deveril, a hero at Salamanca and the new 6th Viscount Lynton of Fontley Priory, Lincolnshire returns to find his magnificent home in disrepair and his family on the brink of ruin The only hope is marriage to a Cit’s daughter.
The lovely Dona Dominica de Rada y Sylva is horrified when their ship is set upon by the notorious Sir Nicholas Beauvallet, an Englishman pirate. But Dominica’s pride braces her determination to be no one’s hostage
Simon the page becomes Simon the lord, but it seems that none but the Lady Margaret can capture the affections of Simon the Coldheart.
Shot-proof, fever-proof and a veteran campaigner at the age of twenty-five, Brigade-Major Harry Smith may ruin his career when h3 meets the defenceless Juana.
The lovely and intelligent Venetia Lanyon’s future seems safe and predictable. Until the shocking Lord Jasper Damerel returns to his estate. A libertine whose way of life has scandalized the North Riding for years.
Set in the eighteenth century in the extravagant days of Beau Nash, when the sword was the ever-ready solution to every dispute, here A blend of high adventure and heart-stirring romance when the sword was the ever-ready solution to every dispute and a sinister duke known as “The Black Moth”.