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He is a duke in search of a perfect bride.
She is a lady - but a long way from perfect.
Tarquin, the powerful Duke of Sconce, knows perfectly well that the decorous and fashionably slender Georgiana Lytton will make him a proper duchess. So why can’t he stop thinking about her twin... read more
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Regency Historical. Brash, bawdy, and blessed with an irreverent sense of humor, full-figured Olivia Lytton is well aware that she's no "diamond of the first water," unlike her oh-so-proper twin sister, Georgiana. Indeed, her social-climbing parents continually remind her how fortunate she is... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Tarquin Brook-Chatfield: Duke of Sconce. Quin to his friends. A mathematician. Widower who is letting his mother pick his second wife.
- Miss Olivia Mayfield Lytton: A pleasantly plus-sized member of the gentry, betrothed to an addled 18-year-old boy, has settled for the fact that she will never be lucky in love or happy in marriage. She’s snarky and lewd, the exact opposite of her prim, conservative twin sister, Georgiana.
- Miss Georgiana Lytton: Olivia Lytton's prim, appropriate twin sister.
- Mr. Cleese: Quin's butler.
- Amaryllis Brook-Chatfield: Dowager Duchess of Sconce. Quin's mother. Author of a book about manners for ladies, The Mirror of Compliments
- Rupert Forrest F. Blakemore: Marquess of Montsurrey, future Duke of Canterwick. Olivia's fiancee.
- Duke of Canterwick: Rupert's father.
- Justin Fiebvre: Quin's 16-year-old cousin.
- Cecily Bumtrinket: Quin's aunt, author.
- Althea Renwitt: A young lady who Quin's mother is considering as an acceptable bride for him.
- Riggle: Head gardener at Quin's estate.
- Mr. Grooper: Sergeant in Rupert's regiment.
- Petit: French soldier
- Norah: Olivia's maid.
- Annie: Add a description of this character.
- Paisley
- Monsieur Bessette
- Miss Lucy: Rupert's dog
- Penelope Brook-Chatfield
- Alfie: Quin's deceased son.
- Agnès
- Mr. Edgeworth
- Lady Sibblethorp
- Madame Fantomas
- Evangeline: Quin's late wife
- Leo Rupert
- Roberts
- Steig
- Mr. Lytton
- Mrs. Knockem
- Waller
- Mary
- Avery
- Florence
- Père Blanchard
- Juliet Fallesbury
- Mrs. Lytton
- Archer
First Sentence edit
Once upon a time, not so long ago ... (or, to be exact, March 1812) ... there was a girl who was destined to be a princess.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
1. In Which We Are Introduced to a Future Duchess
2. In Which We Are Introduced to a Duke
3. In Which the Merits of Virginity and Debauchery Are Evaluated, and Debauchery Wins
4. That Which Is Engraved on the Heart of a Man (or Woman)
5. Events That Warrant No Introduction
6. Her Grace's Matrimonial Experiment Commences
7. Ineligible! And More So Every Moment
8. Defining the Qualities of a Fairy-Tale Prince
9. Introducing Lord Justin Fiebvre
10. One Should Never Underestimate the Power of a Twist of Silk
11. The Art of the Insult
12. The Merits of Scrambled Custards and Gooseberries
13. What It Means to Lead an Army
14. The Flight of the Cherry Kite
15. "Turdy-fancy-nasty-paty-lousy-fartical rogue!"
16. Various Anxieties Related to Children and Canines, but Not to Canapes
17. For Better, for Poorer, in Sickness and in Health
18. Madness, in All Its Forms
19. Much Spontaneous Kissing. And the Other Kind, Too
20. The Lucky Lady from Peedle
21. The Definition of Marriage
22. Wreathed in Glory
23. Why Heroes Are Not as Much Fun as Dukes
24. Gallic Mustaches, a Friend in Need, and the Spirit of Adventure
25. The Matter of a Parental Blessing
26. The Dangers of Poetry under the Moon
27. "And Miles to Go Before I Sleep"
28. One Putain, Two Putain ...
29. Lost Treasure
30. The Princess and the ...
31. The Bark of Cerberus
32. A Warrior and an Amazon
33. The Merits of Simple Words
Epilogue
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 8 in Eloisa's Fairy Tales. (standard series)
Preceded by When Beauty Tamed the Beast, and followed by The Ugly Duchess.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Eloisa James (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Avon
Country: USA
Publication Date: December 27, 2011
ISBN: 978-0062021281
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Avon
Country: USA
Publication Date: December 27, 2011
ISBN: 978-0062021281
Page Count: 400
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- Dewey: 813
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