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from back cover:
Lady Mablethorpe was aghast. Her young son Adrian was marrying Miss Deborah Grantham--a gambling-club wench! Thus she sent her trusted nephew, the vastly wealthy, clever, and imperturbable Max Ravenscar, speeding to the faro tables to buy the hussy off.
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When Max Ravenscar offers her a fortune to refuse the marriage proposal from his young cousin, the beautiful Deborah Grantham is outraged. She may be the mistress of her aunt's elegant gambling house, but Miss Grantham will show the insufferable Mr. Ravenscar that she can't be bribed, even if... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Deborah Grantham: Woman who works in her aunt's, Lady Bellingham, gaming house and whom Adrian Mablethorpe wishes to marry
- Max Ravenscar: Thirty-five years old and uninterested in marriage. Mr Ravenscar is a trustee for his cousin, the Viscount Adrian Mablethrope, and protector of his younger half-sister Olivia.
- Lady Selina Mablethorpe: Max Ravenscar's aunt
- Adrian Mablethorpe: Max Ravenscar's cousin, soon to be 21
- Phoebe Laxton: Young woman being presured to marry the odious Sir James Filey
- Arabella Ravenscar: Max's younger half-sister
- Mr Lucius Kennet: A friend of Miss Graham's departed father, and a willing accomplice to her schemes
- Silas Wantage: Employee in Bellingham/Graham household
- Olivia Ravenscar: Arabella's mother (Max's step-mother)
- James Filey: Man who challenges Ravenscar to a horse race.
- Lord Ormskirk: Hold's the mortgage on Lady Bellingham's gaming house, desires Miss Grantham as a mistress
- Kit Grantham: Deborah Grantham's younger brother, also raised by their aunt, Lady Bellington.
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Vauxhall
- Grosvenor Square: London neighborhood in which Max Ravenscar has a house.
- Tunbridge Wells: Where Kit Grantham was recently stationed and met Arabella
- Chamfreys: Max Ravenscar's country estate. "A noble mansion, with a deer-park, some very good shooting, and a vast acreage attached to it."
First Sentence edit
Upon her butler's announcing the arrival of Mr Ravenscar, Lady Mablethorpe, who had been dozing over a novel from the Circulating Library, sat up with a jerk, and raised a hand to her dishevelled cap.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Georgette Heyer Regency Romances. (community list)
This book is in Signet Regency Romance. (publisher series)
This is book 12 of 34 in Georgette Heyer Regency Romances in Order of Release Date. (community list)
Preceded by The Corinthian, and followed by Friday's Child.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Country: England
Publication Date: 1941
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 272
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Country: England
Publication Date: 1941
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 272
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- Dewey: 823.912
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