The Quiet Gentleman by Georgette Heyer is a classic regency romance. We have our traditional cast of characters:
Gervase - the new Earl of Stanyon
Martin - the hot headed - younger half brother
The Dowager - the grumpy widow
Miss Morville- the widow's temporary companion and sensible miss
Marianne- the local silly young lady that the young men are interested in
Theo - the cousin who runs the estates
Lord Ulverton - the new Earl's best friend
Take the following and mix it up - an newly made Earl who no one thought would inherit. The younger son who is not thrilledto be replaced by his brother. The sympathizing cousin. The Dowager who will bear having the new Earl in her home if she must. The best friend who comes for support, but stays to woo. And the practical miss who seems to know everything that is going on, but doesn't tell tales. And then there are the accidents that seem to happen just to the new Earl... What is going on???
I am not going to tell you - because there is no way I can reproduce the depth of knowledge that is in a Heyer book. She creates wonderful characters, plots can make you think you have left the twenty-first century, and gives her books dialogue to die for.
Try it - you'll want more...
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