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Old Eustace Cheviot may have been a scoundrel and a drunkard, but he was Elinor Rochdale's only hope. The destitute widow was drawn into the marriage ...Show synopsisOld Eustace Cheviot may have been a scoundrel and a drunkard, but he was Elinor Rochdale's only hope. The destitute widow was drawn into the marriage scheme by Cheviot's own cousin, dashing Lord Carlyon. Casting her pride aside, she married the ailing Cheviot and soon became the sole heiress of Highnoons.Hide synopsis
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I read my first copy to shreds!
Only Heyer manages to write historical, witty, charming and graceful novels.
For me, Heyers novels are therapy! One can escape in a world where people are polite, ladies give "set downs" to those who dare to misbehave, and all is very well at the end.
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Elinor Cheviot has always been one of my favorite Heyer characters, partly because I can see myself acting the same way she does if I were ever in her situation. College boy Nicky's antics and attitude are so well written, too, and of course his big brother Ned is the perfect foil to both of them, his ...
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This is a very entertaining story with some very humorous touches. Elinor gets into the wrong carriage in reporting to a new post as governess and instead is coerced to marry a dying man to "oblige" his cousin, Lord Carlyon, who wishes to avoid an unwanted inheritance. There is a younger brother, Nicky ...
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Elinor Rochdale?s profligate late father lost a prosperous manor, leaving her to support herself as a governess. Travelling toward a new situation she gets into the wrong carriage, carried off to be rushed into marriage with the Dying Young Wastrel Cheviot, and so his widow. Heyer the virtuosa of plot ...
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The Reluctant Widow is just one of Georgette Heyer's very entertaining books. It is a comedy of misunderstandings and extreme reluctance on her part as the Widow is led from one adventure to another (all against her will), but it happens anyway and all comes out great in the end.
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