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Lady of Quality

Miss Annis Wychwood, at twenty-nine, has long been on the shelf, but this bothers her not at all. She is rich and still beautiful and she enjoys living independently in Bath, except for the tiresome female cousin, who her very proper brother insists must live with her.

When Annis offers sanctuary to the very young runaway heiress Miss Lucilla Carleton, no one at all thinks this is a good idea. With the exception of Miss Carleton’s overbearing guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton, whose reputation as the rudest man in London precedes him. Outrageous as he is, the charming Annis ends up finding him absolutely irresistible.

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Queue My Review Julie

Truth to tell, I’m a little discomfited to be writing a review of Georgette Heyer’s “Lady of Quality”. Heyer was, after all, the progenitor of the Regency Romance genre. What can I possibly say that hasn’t been said, and likely better, by much more facile and famous reviewers than myself? But, Quentin the taskmistress has set me to this undertaking so onward I shall go!

Did I enjoy reading this book? Indeed I did. Heyer’s style of writing draws the reader into her regency world and immerses us into this different time with wholly different standards of behavior, station, and living. Our heroine, Annis, is revealed to us as very much the deviation from the norm. But, there are no speeches or ruminations about ‘proper’ behavior and instead, we learn what makes Annis so different from others of her time and station by her actions and the ensuing reactions of others to her actions in various situations. Heyer doesn’t preach and prosy about what made those times so different from ours. She allows us to learn for ourselves throughout the progress of her story. And being me, I always enjoy authors who don’t try to bash me over the head with data like I’m an idiot!


Her hero, the rake Oliver, was truly not the focus of this book. I would really consider him a more secondary character in comparison. This book is about Annis; her feelings, beliefs, behaviors, and secret desires. Oliver and his actions toward others, including Annis, really just provides the means for a radical change in Annis’ thinking. Here she is, 29 years old (an old maid of her time), and with a definite, yet unstated, view of her future. She will only marry for love, for the possibility of love…not for comfort, or to bow to pressure, or for money or ‘things’. Now, here’s Oliver. She can’t for the life of her figure out why, or even if she likes him. But over time, she finds that she can’t imagine life without him. Now, isn’t that love?

I also found it intriguing that there was still passion in this book; it was just veiled, very unlike these days of open sexuality and blatant language. Don’t get me wrong! I happily read erotica as well as romance and mystery and…well anything really. But it’s probably been ten years since I’ve intentionally picked up a romance book I knew would be sexually suitable for a teen reader. A good friend from Goodreads.com, knowing my readaholic illness, asked me before I was offered this book for review if I’d ever read Heyer. I said, “Of course!” But knowing her reading tastes, I went on to remind her that the majority of Heyer’s books were written during the 1930s to 1950s. This was a very different time with repressed sexual morals most of us today can’t begin to imagine! And yet, her novels continue to sell, and sell very well, regardless of when they are reprinted. Maybe that’s because love and our ideas of what love is, and isn’t, don’t really change.

“Lady of Quality” is considered the last full-length regency novel Georgette Heyer penned. First published in 1972, it’s a stunning example of her style and voice, perfected over her years of writing. Whether you’re a long-time Heyer fan or have never tried one of her novels, I’d definitely suggest you give this one a try. I did and I’m glad. She was, after all, and will always be the Queen of the Regency romance.

Blog Critics Kate Trattner
Book Review: Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer
Written by Katie McNeill
Published May 20, 2008
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What’s the big attraction of a Regency romance? Why, the clothes of course! No, not really though I have to admit those are always fun to read about since what you wore was such a big part of your social standing and the hours of your day.

I have only read three of Heyer’s Regency novels to date and I hate to pick a favorite. I’m sure that my choice would change as I read more. And it could just prove to be impossible to pick any one that stands above the rest anyway. I started with An Infamous Army which was breathtaking, sweeping you up and carrying you along with all the raw emotion of battle and love. Then Cotillion was sweet and funny, light hearted and simply a joy to read. Now Lady of Quality has become the one to rave and gush over.

Annis Wynchwood is an old maid at the age of 29. Or rather she thinks of herself as an old maid though she is still the beauty of Bath and has plenty of gentlemen vying for her undivided attention. But Annis enjoys her independence and has no intention of giving up her own house to keep someone else’s. Returning to Bath from a visit with her brother’s family in the country she meets a young couple on the road beside their broken down carriage.

Ninian Elmore and Lucilla Carleton are running away. Not together really but from each other. Their families are determined to see the childhood friends married however distasteful the idea might seem to the two involved. Ninian caught Lucilla sneaking away and was determined to make sure she safely reached bath. Of course you can see right away that the young pair would probably work very well together if only the parent’s had the sense not to push and let well enough alone.

Annis, against the advice of her extremely irritating and jealous companion Miss Maria Farlow, takes the girl up into her carriage and home with her to Bath. Annis gets the story in full and being a woman with an independent mind herself can’t help but admire Lucilla for her desire to make her own choices. But just because she admires her doesn’t mean she agrees with Lucilla’s actions. Annis quickly dispatches a letter to Lucilla’s guardian.

Lady of Quality picks up once Annis meets Lucilla’s guardian Mr. Oliver Charleton, which of course is where the romance comes in. At first Annis and Mr. Carleton do not get on, he is rude and insufferable and Annis cannot stand him. But it’s only a matter of time before the two realize that there is an undeniable attraction between them. The romance that forms is not what you would find in a modern romance novel. No ripped bodices here, thank you very much. The progression is thoughtful and delicate, a natural believable emotion that grows where you least expect it.

Ninian and Lucilla meanwhile both have their own issues to work out with their respective families. Not to mention Annis’ own over involved brother who foists his family on her hoping that it might deter a certain gentleman. Maria, the always talking companion, provides some comic entertainment and several dashing gentlemen provide some colorful background.

As always Heyer’s writing is engaging and her characters flawless. One of the things that I find so appealing about Georgette Heyer’s regency novels is the pace. She isn’t in a hurry to get the story onto the page. Nothing feels rushed or forced and the characters progress naturally. I enjoy the chance to really get to know the characters, to see them interact with others around them before a love interest is introduced. You are given such clear pictures of the customs and traditions; it’s understandable that Heyer would be famous for her research.

Lady of Quality is a must for any fan of the Regency era. It’s full of all those little details that readers of this type of fiction love. References to balls and routs, references to royalty and great country houses, battles fought with delicate words and even a few passionate kisses- at the proper time, of course.

Jane Austen’s World Vic Sandborn
Lady of Quality: Georgette Heyer
June 1, 2008 by Vic (Ms. Place)

Miss Annis Wychwood, at twenty-nine, has long been on the shelf, but this bothers her not at all. She is rich and still beautiful and she enjoys living independently in Bath, except for the tiresome female cousin, who her very proper brother insists must live with her.

When Annis offers sanctuary to the very young runaway heiress Miss Lucilla Carleton, no one at all thinks this is a good idea. With the exception of Miss Carleton’s overbearing guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton, whose reputation as the rudest man in London precedes him. Outrageous as he is, the charming Annis ends up finding him absolutely irresistible.

I discovered Georgette Heyer just after I graduated from college. Having run out of new Jane Austen novels to read, I began to search for other regency stories set in similar settings. One day at the library, I stumbled across Charity Girl and Arabella, and my love affair with all things Georgette began.

In those days I was barely older than the youngest of Heyer’s heroines, and not quite as old as The Grand Sophy. I reveled in Georgette’s world filled with bored aristocratic gentlemen who, usually as they traveled by coach or horse to a country inn or walked the streets in London in the middle of the night, stumbled across an innocent and disarming chit who needed rescuing. This plot device was a popular one with the author. Another one of Georgette’s plots was that of the “older” beautiful, rich, and independent spinster (almost on the shelf, but not quite) who is determined to live her life as she likes it, and skirt convention when she can. Because she has independent means, she rules her roost and will brook no interference from any man. Invariably, these strong willed women meet their match in an even richer, stronger-willed man, usually a Duke or Earl, but not always as in a Lady of Quality.

I learned about Bath through Georgette Heyer’s eyes, not Jane Austen’s. Oh, Jane mentioned Molland’s on Milsom Street, and her characters take the waters in the Pump Room and attend assembly balls in the Upper and Lower Rooms. But Jane is spare in her descriptions, and could barely be bothered to describe dresses, fripperies, and interiors, or how well a man’s broad shoulders fit into his tailored coat, or that his valet polishes his tasseled Wellington boots with champagne. Georgette revels in these descriptions, and takes them to the extreme. Her characters are rather shallow and predictable, and she uses the same “type” over and over again. However, one doesn’t read a Georgette Heyer novel to learn something new and wondrous about the human character – one reads her stories to learn about Regency manners and mores, and how bored the aristocrats are with their privileged lifestyle, and about carriage rides in Hyde Park, and intrigues in Bath, and elopements to Gretna Green, and for descriptions of satin ball gowns and sprigged muslin day dresses. Georgette’s world is filled with high perch phaetons, and visits to Gentleman Jackson’s salon and Astley’s Amphitheatre, and a night at the opera. When I think of Georgette’s descriptions of matrons, I think of formidable ladies dressed in puce and ostrich feathers, bosoms heaving, and faces pinched with displeasure. Or I think of an older, fluffier, high maintenance woman dressed too young for her age, wearing too many ruffles, always fainting or expostulating about something inconsequential, and driving everyone but our heroine to distraction.

Jane Austen’s novels are meaty and take a long time to digest; Georgette’s frothy, sparkling, and often funny romances are as light and sugary as a meringue, and just as filling, which is to say that one becomes hungry to read more after having just finished the previous book. I have read all of Georgette’s regency romances, but I can barely recall one plot from the other, whereas Jane’s six novels are different and distinct. There is no confusing Persuasion with Pride and Prejudice!


To give Georgette her due, she KNOWS her stuff. Not only was her own “breeding” impeccable, but she married well. She and her husband rented rooms in a grand house in Mayfair, and they knew London inside and out. Georgette visited museums, and filled her notebooks (right) with drawings of costumes, uniforms, carriages, and the like. One of the characteristic that sets Georgette’s books apart from all other romance novels is her use of language and aristocratic cant. She made up many of her phrases, including “A Banbury Tale,” but they sound so authentic that other authors began to copy her, much to her dismay. A frustrated historian, who yearned to be recognized for her serious historical novels, she lived long enough to see her regency romances take off in popularity, and printed in many languages all over the world. Her artist of choice for her hard cover book jackets was Barbosa, (illustration of second book cover) whose talent for portraying the regency world was incomparable.

Georgette and her husband rented space in Albany House in Mayfair, London for 24 years. Turned into bachelor chambers in the early 19th century, its famous renters included Lord Byron and Lord Macaulay.
Georgette is a sweet romance writer, which means that she writes no X-rated sex scenes. In fact, she writes no sex scenes at all. Her characters might kiss and hug, but that is towards the end of the story to seal the deal. Unfortunately, Georgette’s light-hearted books have inspired other, lesser writers, like Barbara Cartland, whose awful repetitive romances about barely post-pubescent heroines with heart-shaped faces and huge liquid eyes are barely digestible. Writers like Cartland have given the entire genre a bad name. As with all genre writers, there are good ones and bad ones. Georgette’s works stand out as among the best. Having said that, her plots about 18-year-old misses catching the interest of 38-year-old dukes attract me the least. When I was young I could barely stomach the age difference, and now that I am longer in the tooth and a tad world weary, I refuse to read them. However, her novels about the older feisty heroine of independent means verbally sparring with her hero still strike my fancy.

Which brings me to the real topic of this post: a review. If you haven’t read a Georgette Heyer book, and you are of a certain age, I would like to recommend that you first read a Lady of Quality, which combines both of Georgette’s two basic plots. The book starts predictably, with our older, stubborn heroine, Miss Annis Wychwood, moving to Bath determined to set up her own house (in a fashionable part of town, of course). Her chaperone is a meek mannered spinster cousin, who doesn’t dare to cross her rich patroness, which is exactly how Annis had planned it. The hero of the story is Oliver Carleton, the uncle and legal guardian of a silly chit, (Lucilla) who runs away from his stern stewartship. Naturally, Annis becomes her protector, which sets up the tussle between her and Oliver.

He came forward to shake hands with Miss Wychwood, paying no immediate heed to Lucilla, following her into the parlour. “You can’t think of how relieved I am to see that you haven’t brought your cousin with you,” he said, by way of greeting. “I have been cursing myself these three hours for not having made it plain to her that I was not including her in my invitation to you! I couldn’t have endured an evening spent in the company of such an unconscionable gabble-monger!”

“Oh, but you did!” she told him. “She took you in the greatest dislike, and can’t be blamed for having done so, or for having uttered some pretty sever strictures on your total want of conduct. You must own, if there is any truth in you, that you were shockingly uncivil to her!”

“I can’t tolerate chattering bores,” he said. “If she took me in such dislike, I’m amazed that she permitted you to come here without her chaperonage.”

“She would certainly have stopped me if she could have done it, for she does not think you are a proper person for me to know!”

“Good God! Does she suspect me of trying to seduce you? She may be easy on that head: I never seduce ladies of quality!” He turned from her as he spoke, and put up his glass to cast a critical look over Lucilla. “Well, niece?” he said. “What a troublesome chit you are! But I’m glad to see that your appearance at least is much improved since I last saw you. I thought that you were bidding fair to grow into a Homely Joan, but I was wrong: your are no longer pudding-faced, and you’ve lost your freckles. Accept my felicitations!”

“I was not pudding-faced!”

“Oh, believe me, you were! You hadn’t lost your puppy-fat.”

Her bosom heaved with indignation, but Miss Wychwood intervened, recommending her not to rise to that, or any other fly of her uncle’s casting. She added severely: “And as for you, sir, I beg you will refrain from making any more remarks expressly designed to put Lucilla all on end, and to render me acutely uncomfortable!”

“I wouldn’t do that for the world,” he assured her.

“Then don’t be so rag-mannered!” she retorted.

An experienced reader of romance novels can divine the plot from this short scene, in which Lucilla is induced to speak to her uncle after having run away from him. One thing leads to another, with many plot twists and misunderstandings and heaving of bosoms, until Georgette neatly ties up her various threads, and her hero and heroine live happily ever after. The author was nearly seventy years old when she sent this note to her publisher about the book’s progress:

“I’ve left [Carleton] making himself thoroughly obnoxious to Lord Beckenham in the Pump Room, and must go back to him, and think of a few more poisonously rude things for him to say…I have only to add that Mr. Carleton is not merely the rudest man in London, but has also the reputation of being a Sad Rake, to convince you that he has all the right ingredients of a Heyer-Hero.” (Hodge, p 196*)

SourceBooks is issuing a select number of Georgette Heyer novels in Trade Paper for the first time. Click here to enter the site and see the selections. If you find my description of the book intriguing, then you will not be disappointed reading it. Georgette’s breezy romances are a perfect accompaniment for a summer’s day at the beach or a relaxed afternoon in your lawn chair.

Romance Reviews Donna Doyle
Like all Regency stories from Heyer, you must struggle thru all the language unique to this time. One wishes she hadn’t strived to be so true to the time for it is difficult to follow. However, the stories are good ones. All her former novels are being republished and so we can read these treasures once more, for the first time or again. This story is amusing and near the end, wonderfully dramatic and romantic. The ending is the best part of this story, but all of it together is good reading.

Book Loons Hilary Williamson
Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer
Order: USA Can
Sourcebooks, 2008 (1972)
Reviewed by Theresa Ichino

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Miss Annis Wychwood is a diamond of the first water (to borrow a phrase from the period). Beautiful, elegant, well-dowered, it is astonishing that she has reached the advanced age of twenty-nine without being married. Perhaps most astonishing of all, she has managed to secure an independent life for herself, free of the encumbrances of husband or family, in staid Bath, all this without making herself the centre of scandal.

Annis steers a careful course, for this is Regency England, after all; and she belongs to that high stratum of society where ladies live under draconian rules of conduct. Although financially independent, she is still beset by affectionately autocratic servants, clinging Maria Farlow, a relative who serves as chaperone, and a brother who tries repeatedly to bring her to her senses. Despite many offers, she has never met a man for whom she would trade her independent life-style.

Her comfortable (and sometimes dull) existence is enlivened when she meets young Lucilla Carleton, fleeing an arranged marriage. Since she is in the company of the proposed groom, Annis’s interest is immediately engaged. She rescues them (they were involved in a carriage accident) and invites them to her home, ignoring the objections of her household, most notably Maria.

The two youngsters are very likeable. A friend since childhood, Ninian is appalled at Lucilla’s decision to run away. Unable to dissuade her, he accompanies her, much to her exasperation. Lucilla is a wealthy heiress (hence his parents’ interest in an arranged marriage), and her chaperone aunt sees marriage as an easy way to settle her charge. Ninian is torn between loyalty to his childhood friend and duty to his parents. Complicating the mix is Lucilla’s ogre-like uncle and guardian, Mr. Oliver Carleton. Lucilla is certain that her aunt will have set him on her trail.

When he does appear, Mr. Carleton is quite as unpleasant as Lucilla has described, and lives up to his reputation as insufferably rude. Still, he is much courted as he is still single and wealthy. Annis finds him refreshing – but certainly rude – and alarms her well-wishers by her interest in him; in fact, she raises a firestorm of protest. For his part, Carleton is attracted to a respectable lady for the first time in his life. (He has plenty of unrespectable female company.)

Once again, Heyer entertains with a complicated tangle and beautifully developed personalities. Light-hearted and amusing, Lady of Quality still reminds us that choices were a rare luxury for women of the time. It also reminds us why Georgette Heyer is justly called The Queen of Regency Romance. Though this volume was written near the end of her career, the author’s fine hand never falters.

Good Clean Reads Kim Izzat
Rating: 2.1.2 (PG)
Recommended audience: Mostly adult but some teens might like it
Category: Historical romance
Review:


I was 14 years old when I read Pride and Prejudice and fell in love with Jane Austen and the whole Regency period. I don’t know what it is about this time period—the manners, high society, empire waist dresses, social requirements and taboos, sexual tension because of strict social rules, or whatever—I really like to read about it. I also like to read about a good rake (for those of you who aren’t familiar with Regency England a "rake" is a real ladies man). Maybe it’s one of my weird fantasies that I can fulfill through reading because I don’t like "rakes" in real life. So this novel was just my cup of tea. It is about a 29 year old lady who has never been tempted to marry because all of her many suitors have never really been interesting enough. Of course, she is brought together with a very uncivil gentleman of disrepute and can’t stop thinking about him. I’ve never read any books by Heyer before but I’m glad to have been introduced to her recently. Although she passed away in 1974, she had written over 50 books in her lifetime almost all regency romances. From what I can tell, all of her books are clean and not the kind of trash that have covers with women’s dresses falling off and clinging to shirtless Fabian-like men. I would definitely recommend her books to all of you Jane Austen fans who want more to read from this time period.

A Work in Progress Danielle Torres
Lady of Quality
I have to pace myself when it comes to Georgette Heyer’s books. Given the chance I could happily devour a stack of her novels one after the other, but I prefer to ration them out and save them for when I need something light and comforting. I’ve been trying to buy the newly reissued Regencies she wrote as Sourcebooks has been publishing them. It’s nice to know I have a few of her books in reserve. Unlike many readers who have pleasant memories of Heyer’s heroines from when they were young, I’ve only discovered her in the last few years, so there are loads of good stories still to look forward to.

I’ve only read a few of her novels, but each one seems to be as enjoyable as, if not more so, than the last. I decided that Lady of Quality would be perfect lazy-day long-weekend reading, and I was right. Although Heyer might be somewhat predictable in that you always know nothing too terribly tragic is going to happen, and whatever muddle the characters manage to get in will be resolved with a happy ending, that’s not really such a bad thing. I’ve only read her romances so far (though I was told her mysteries are going to be published in the US by Sourcebooks in 2009), but the stories are always unique. When I’m reading her books, I tend to have a sort of Jane Austen-esque period drama visual running through my mind. And while there’ll always only be one Jane Austen, Heyer’s stories are always very witty and stylish.

Annis Wychwood is my favorite heroine so far out of the novels I’ve read. She’s smart, attractive and independent, and she doesn’t let anyone take advantage of her. She also happens to be on the threshold of 30 and therefore a spinster, left too long on the shelf. The thing is she needn’t be if she chose otherwise. She’s had more than a few offers of marriage, but she’s turned them all down, valuing her independence more. In order not to be stuck in the role of spinster aunt and at the rest of her family’s beck and call, she’s moved from her home in the country to Bath. Although of an age to make her own decisions, she was persuaded by her brother to allow her cousin Maria come live with her and make sure there’s an air of respectability to her household. While Annis is my favorite heroine thus far, Maria has to be the most annoying character I’ve yet encountered in a Heyer novel. A nonstop chatterbox, she is far too concerned about the propriety of everyone around Annis. Although she set my teeth on edge a few times, I could picture her perfectly.

One day when Annis is returning from her brother’s home to Bath, she comes across two young travelers whose carriage has broken down. In one small act of kindness her life will be changed forever. Into Annis’s capable hands falls Lucilla Carleton, not yet out in society, and her cousin Ninian. Lucilla has run away from home to avoid being forced into a marriage she doesn’t want. When Ninian caught her in the act he couldn’t let her run off alone, so agreed to take her to Bath. A broken wheel leaves them stranded. Annis rescues Lucilla leaving Ninian to follow them.

It doesn’t take long for Lucilla’s guardian to be told of her absence. When Annis and Oliver Carleton meet, watch out. More than sparks will fly. Carleton is known as the rudest man in London and his rakish behavior is known of far and wide. Alas, Annis can hold her own, which will surprise Carleton and pique his interest in ways none of his mistresses ever could. Rather than being repulsed by Oliver, Annis will find herself drawn to him as well. I’ll leave the rest up to your imagination. This was a fun read indeed.

Along with making me want to pick up another Heyer novel (will ration myself however) I’d like to read more about the Regency period in general (any suggestions?). Conveniently I happen to have a copy of An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England by Venetia Murray. It seems to have received mixed reviews with lots of questions about the accuracy of dates and other details. I’ve already started reading, however, and I’m hooked, so I’ll read it with those criticisms in mind. I’d mostly just like an overview and this seems to be an entertaining look at the period. A little taste:

"The educated classes during the Regency revelled in the written word. They were prolific correspondents, writing to their friends and families almost daily; kept diaries and journals, commonplace books and albums, menus and account books. They voiced their opinions on current affairs, dissected the latest scandal and described the characters of their acquaintances in acid detail. And it was an age when people put a high premium on the ability to express themselves with charm and wit. All this original material illustrates the reality behind the facade of the Regency period, the credits and debits of daily life amongst the privileged elite. It includes some of the most delightful and entertaining material for a social history ever written and is the foundation upon which this book is based."

The Regency period sounds like it was actually quite decadent, though Heyer’s creations are fairly tame. It’s interesting reading about the reality behind the books. I do trust, however, that Heyer’s novels are accurate. I wonder what books she read while doing her research? I can easily see why she was so attracted to this time period.

Once Upon Romance Marlene Breakfield
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Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer

Reviewer: Marlene Breakfield
Title: Lady of Quality
Author: Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1072-8
Release Date: Original 1972, Reprint 2008
Genre/Sub-genre: Historical Regency Romance
Year/Setting: Regency - Bath
Overall Rating: 5.0
Sexual Content Rating: None
Language (Profanity/Slang) Rating: None
Violent Content Rating: None
Georgette’s Official Website: www.georgette-heyer.com


Miss Annis Wychwood, who is twenty-nine, unmarried, and wealthy, decides to move out of her brother’s house and set up her own establishment in Bath. On the way to her new home, Annis comes upon a carriage with a damaged wheel, The carriage contains two young people, one of whom was running away. The runaway, Miss Lucilla Carlton, is running, so that she will not be forced into a marriage. Annis decides to take Lucilla with her to Bath and help her. This brings Annis into conflict with Lucilla’s guardian, Mr. Oliver Carlton.

Lady of Quality is a wonderful example of everything a traditional regency should be. The verbal sparring between Annis and Oliver is highly amusing and Oliver’s snarky comments make the book vastly entertaining. Ms. Heyer creates amusing and eccentric secondary characters, who add zest and depth to the book. It is little wonder, that Georgette Heyer is considered the "Grand Dame" of the regency.

If you are a lover of regency romance, Lady of Quality is a must read. This particular tradesize copy has a lovely cover and looks wonderful on my keeper shelf. It will make a great addition to any booklover’s library.

Marlene

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