Sylvester (1957) (edit title/settings)

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• Phoebe Marlow: 19-year-old debutante, has excellent horsemanship and manages her father's stables, disliked by her stepmother, has recently published a novel
• Sylvester Rayne, Duke of Salford: "He was generally considered to be a singularly fortunate young man, endowed with rank, wealth, and elegance...<his eyebrows> gave him, when vexed ... a slight look of a satyr."
• Nugent Fotherby: Ianthe's fiance, a fop
• Edmund Rayne: Sylvester's 6-year-old nephew, left in his care by his brother Harry
• Ianthe, Lady Henry Rayne: Harry's widow, Sylvester's sister-in-law and Edmund's mother
• Augusta Penistone: the Duchess' companion and cousin, of inexhaustible good nature but unfortunately quite unintelligent
• Elizabeth Rayne, Duchess of Salford: Sylvester's mother, crippled by arthritist, published poet
• Lord William Rayne: Sylvester's uncle, was briefly his guardian
• Lord Elvaston: Ianthe's father
• Dowager Lady Ingham: Sylvester's godmother and Phoebe's grandmother. "Whenever she was confronted with any disagreeable form of exertion she was ... obliged to send for Sir Henry Halford, who ... could always be depended on to recommend her to do precisely what she wished."
• Lord Marlow: Phoebe's father, into horses and hunting
• Sibylla Battery: the Marlow governess, good friend to Phoebe
• Susan Marlow: Phoebe's half sister, almost 16
• Mary Marlow: Phoebe's half sister, 14
• Eliza Marlow: Phoebe's half sister and Lady Marlow's favorite, a tattletale
• Kitty Marlow: Phoebe's half sister and the youngest
• Thomas Orde: Phoebe's life-long friend, 19 and son of the local Squire
• Lady Marlow: Phoebe's feared stepmother
• Gilbert Otley: Miss Battery's cousin, a publisher
• Harvey Newsham: Gilbert Otley's publisher partner
• John Keighley: Sylvester's groom
• Swale: Sylvester's valet
• Muker: Dowager Lady Ingham's lady's maid
• Button: Edmund's nurse (and his father's and uncle's before him)
• Reverend Loftus Leyburn: Edmund's tutor. "the elderly and rather infirm cleric who was <Sylvester's> --or more accurately, his mother's chaplain."
• Reeth: Butler at Chance
• Mr Blackwell: A publisher. He has published two books of the the Duchess of Salford's poems.
• Firbank: Marlow's butler
• Mrs. Scaling: Proprietress of the Blue Boar
• Alice Scaling: Mrs. Scaling's daughter
• Caroline Barringham: One of the five young women Sylvester is considering for his bride.
• Lady Barningham: Caroline's mother.
• Georgina Newbury: Sylvester's cousin, married to Major Newbury.

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Chance: Salford country estate.
• Blandford Park: Sylvester's hunting lodge
• Austerby: Marlow's estate.
• Blue Boar: An inn, somewhere between Austerby and London.
• Green Street: The Dowager Lady Ingram's address
• Salford House: Sylvester's London house
• Dover: Sea-port town in England.
• Calais: Sea-port town in France
• Gretna Green: A town just over the Scotland border where marriages may happen quickly and with out the need for pesky licenses and parental permission.
• Bath: A town known for its mineral waters.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by April Lady, and followed by Venetia.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Georgette Heyer (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Richard Armitage (Narrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.912

Notes for Parents edit see section history

There is no content in Georgette Heyer's romances that would be objectionable for readers of any age. Heyer does however use a great deal of period slang and so readers must be capable and willing to determine meaning from context.

Subjects edit see section history

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