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| Author | Georgette Heyer |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Arthur Barbosa [1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Regency, Romance |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp |
The Nonesuch is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. The story is set in 1816/1817. [2]
Sir Waldo Hawkridge, known in London society as 'the Nonesuch' for his sporting abilities and perfect manners, is obliged to go into Yorkshire to inspect a property that he has just inherited. Sir Waldo is a very wealthy and philanthropic man, and intends to renovate the house to turn it into yet another of his charity orphanages. While there, he meets Tiffany Wield, a positively dazzling young heiress who is entirely selfish and possessed of a frightful temper, as well as her far more elegant companion-governess, Ancilla Trent. While Waldo's young cousin, Lord Lindeth, falls in and out of love with the young ladies of the neighborhood, Waldo must convince the practical Miss Trent that it is not above her station as a governess to fall in love with him.
Sir Waldo Hawkridge - the hero, 35. Known in London as "The Nonesuch". A famous Corinthian and the leader of Fashion.
Miss Ancilla Trent - the heroine, 26. The governess and companion of Miss Wield.
Miss Tiffany Wield - a spoiled heiress and the charge of Ancilla.
Julian, Lord Lindeth - an unambitious aristocrat and Sir Waldo's cousin.
Mrs. Underhill - the owner of Staples and Miss Wield's aunt.
Miss Patience Chartley - the daughter of the local rector.
Mr. Laurence Calver - a dandy and Sir Waldo's other cousin.
Most of Heyer's novels center on London or Bath, but some of the novels have a more rural setting — and this novel, set in Yorkshire, is perhaps the most rural of her novels. The Nonesuch owes much to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , as well as some debt to "governess novels" such as Jane Eyre . [3]
Georgette Heyer was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. The couple spent several years living in Tanganyika Territory and Macedonia before returning to England in 1929. After her novel These Old Shades became popular despite its release during the General Strike, Heyer determined that publicity was not necessary for good sales. For the rest of her life she refused to grant interviews, telling a friend: "My private life concerns no one but myself and my family."
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