False Colours - Brossura

Heyer, Georgette

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1402210752 ISBN 13: 9781402210754

Casa editrice: Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2008

Riassunto

Cases of mistaken identity lead to humorous adventures and unexpected romance for Christopher Fancott and his twin brother as they try to organize the shaky finances of their widowed mother, in a new edition of the classic Regency romance. Reprint.

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The late Georgette Heyer was a very private woman. Her historical novels have charmed and delighted millions of readers for decades, though she rarely reached out to the public to discuss her works or private life. It is known that she was born in Wimbledon in August 1902, and her first novel, The Black Moth, was published in 1921.

Heyer published 56 books over the next 53 years, until her death from lung cancer in 1974. Heyer's large volume of works included Regency romances, mysteries and historical fiction. Known also as the Queen of Regency romance, Heyer was legendary for her research, historical accuracy and her extraordinary plots and characterizations. Her last book, My Lord John, was published posthumously in 1975. She was married to George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer, and they had one son together, Richard.

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“Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.”—Publishers Weekly

A missing twin

Something is very wrong, and the Honourable Christopher “Kit” Fancot can sense it. Kit returns to London on leave from the diplomatic service to find that his twin brother Evelyn has disappeared and his extravagant mother’s debts have mounted alarmingly.

A quick-minded heiress

The Fancot family’s fortunes are riding on Evelyn’s marriage to the self-possessed Cressy Stavely, and her formidable grandmother’s approval of the match. If Evelyn fails to meet the Dowager Lady Stavely in a few days as planned, the betrothal could be off.

A fortune in the balance

When the incorrigible Lady Fancot persuades her son to impersonate his twin (just for one night, she promises) the masquerade sets off a tangled sequence of events that engage Kit’s heart far more deeply than he’d ever anticipated with his brother’s fiancée—who might know much more about what’s going on than she cares to reveal...

“A writer of great wit and style... I’ve read her books to ragged shreds.” —Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph

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• Editore: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1402210752
• ISBN 13: 9781402210754
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 341