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The Toll-Gate

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency historical romance

Georgette Heyer

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Arrow
11 December 2022
A delightful and dashingly romantic historical novel from the queen of the Regency romance.

Captain John Staple's exploits against Napoleon's armies in the Spanish Peninsula have earned him the nickname 'Crazy Jack' amongst his comrades in the Dragoon Guards.

But once the Battle of Waterloo brings the Napoleonic Wars to a decisive end, the adventure-loving Captain finds life in peacetime intolerably dull.

When he becomes lost in the Pennines, he takes refuge at an unmanned toll-house.

It's there that he encounters a lady of extraordinary qualities - and suddenly, his soldiering days pale in comparison to a new adventure in which he must rescue a woman and investigate a scandalous murder ...

'Beautifully crafted' Philippa Gregory

'Incisively witty, quietly subversive' Joanne Harris

'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet what a treat you have in store' Harriet Evans
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Imprint:   Arrow
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   202g
ISBN:   9780099476368
ISBN 10:   0099476363
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 0 years
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, making 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 Toll-Gate: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency historical romance

""Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to"" -- Katie Fforde ""My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours"" -- Margaret Drabble ""A writer of great wit and style - I've read her books to ragged shreds"" -- Kate Fenton Daily Telegraph ""Sparkling"" Independent on Sunday


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