I just finished reading this again. Like all her romances it is so well written. The characters are funny and fun. Best have it, it is great entertainment!

Sir Waldo Hawkridge, wealthy famous sportsman and humanitarian, inherits an estate in a village in Yorkshire. When he travels there in the company of his favorite young cousin, Lord Lindeth, he will meet Ancilla Trent, well born but impoverished paid companion to a spoilt wealthy beauty named Tiffany Wield.

Tiffany expects the world (and everyone else's life) to revolve around her. This will lead to all sorts of complications when any eligible males near her pay any sort of attention to other girls/women.

This book is charming - you cannot help but love the characters (other than Tiffany, of course, and she is clearly meant to be obnoxious and ridiculous) and cannot help but hope that somehow everything will work out so that the right couples manage to come together to find happiness.

Well, no--but it is surely among the best! I suspect that the VERY best Heyer is the one you read first--in my case, Venetia. The Nonesuch has a fascinating cast of characters, from the "elderly" hero and heroine, to the vulgar but kindly Mrs. Underhill, the genial Rector and his family, the spoiled beauty and her counterpart the spoiled young man. As usual, Heyer's style matches the period of which she writes (no "scenarios" or modern slang here). The plot moves smoothly (again, as usual): the story unfolds as the natural result of the characters and their interactions (and sometimes the weather). Finally, The Nonesuch is humorous as well as witty.
BUT. Don't buy the current Harlequin edition! There must be editions out there which have been better proofread. The first of several typos which I noticed was "hunger"--I finally decided that the intended word must have been "hunter," which is a horse bred for hunting foxes (not pulling curricles or merely "hacking" about). Having enjoyed the introduction, there I was, savoring the well-loved story (for probably the third time), when these typos tripped me up. Of course, if this doesn't bother you--well, go ahead and buy this mass market edition. My own copy (from 1973 or so) may be physically bedraggled, but I'm not letting it go!

The book was in excellent condition and arrived in good time. Thanks so much!

In Regency England, a Nonesuch is the title given to a gentleman who excels in all of the manly sports such as riding, driving, boxing and fishing and the hero of this story, Sir Waldo Hawkridge, is just such a man. When he was bequeathed a huge, rundown house by a relative, he decided to rebuild it to house and educate orphans, a scheme which he had already executed in other parts of the country. Several of his relatives are not in favour of vast sums of money being spent on "dirty, scruffy brats" as they put it but as Waldo is already the possessor of an immense fortune, he does not hesitate to proceed with his plan. His young cousin Lord Lindeth who is bored with the repetition of town life, elects to accompany him to the West Riding to inspect the property and is noted by the unmarried young ladies of the district as a possible matrimonial catch, especially the superbly beautiful, very rich but thoroughly spoiled Tiffany Wield who is staying with her aunt until she officially comes out in the Spring. She is nominally under the control of her well born but penniless governess, Ancilla Trent who struggles daily to make the heiress conform to the rules of polite society, to little avail. This is a charming, pleasant and easy book to read with no filthy language, murders, blood letting or rough sex and is a delightful change of pace for this reader. When I feel that I need a mind wash, I always retreat to Georgette Heyer to feel clean again.