The Foundling

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

Georgette Heyer

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Arrow
03 January 2005

Fiction & Literature; Historical fiction

A stunning new reissue from one of Britain's best-known and most beloved historical novelists will capture a whole new audience with its electrifying tale of Regency romance

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers ... the permanent glister of scandal

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ties the whole thing together' INDEPENDENT 'My generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton

Gilly Ware, the shy young Duke of Sale, has never known his parents.

Instead, he has endured twenty-four years of pampering and pandering from his uncle and valet, which he accepts without quarrel.

But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit, and when Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he absconds with glee.

Yet no sooner has he entered this new and dangerous world than he is plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnap and adventure . . .

'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDE 'Utterly delightful' GUARDIAN 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL 'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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By: Georgette Heyer
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9780099468066
ISBN 10: 0099468069
Pages: 396
Publication Date: 03 January 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Foundling: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

Triumphantly good . . . Georgette Heyer is unbeatable -- India Knight * Sunday Telegraph * Sparkling * Independent on Sunday * Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic -- Katie Fforde