The Marriage Season (Hardback)
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The Marriage Season (Hardback)

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Published: 26/01/2023
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'Brilliant, sparkling and very clever' Elizabeth Buchan

‘It’s not a fair world I’m afraid. Beauty or fortune carries the day. You have the beauty and I the fortune, so there’s every chance we’ll succeed’

In Regency England, marriage is everything. For young widow Sybella Lovatt, the time has come to find a suitable husband for her sister and ward Lucie. Male suitors are scarce near their Wiltshire estate, so the sisters resolve to head to London in time for the Season to begin.

Once ensconced at the Mayfair home of Lady Godley, Lucie’s godmother, the whirl of balls, parties and promenades can begin. But the job of finding a husband is fraught with rules and tradition. Jostling for attention are the two lords – the charming and irresistible Freddie Lynwood and the preternaturally handsome Valentine Ravenell, their enigmatic neighbour from Shotten Hall, Mr Brabazon, and the dangerous libertine Lord Rockliffe, with whom the brooding Brabazon is locked in deadly rivalry.

Against the backdrop of glamorous Regency England, Sybella must settle Lucie’s future, protect her own reputation, and resist the disreputable rakes determined to seduce the beautiful widow. As the Season ends, will the sisters have found the rarest of things – a suitable marriage with a love story to match?

Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Dunn brings the Regency period irresistibly to life in a page-turning novel packed with surprising revelations, which all comes wittily, gloriously, good in the end. Perfect for fans of Gill Hornby, Janice Hadlow, Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer and anyone with a Bridgerton-shaped hole in their lives.

Praise for Jane Dunn:

'Jane Dunn’s The Marriage Season gives all the immersive pleasure of Georgette Heyer’s brilliantly confected Regency novels, in a sublime alternative world of joy. Bridgerton look out!' Melanie Reid, The Times

‘Outstanding, perceptive and delightfully readable’ Sunday Times Books of the Year

‘Jane Dunn has written a splendid piece of popular history with the ready-pen of a highly skilled writer, endowed with remarkable insight’ Roy Strong, Daily Mail

‘Jane Dunn is one of our best biographers’ Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times

'What a joy! I fell in love with the characters immediately, the storyline was brilliant, the descriptions of clothing, fashion and scene setting for that era were excellent' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

'Beautifully written by the inimitable Jane Dunn.Her characters are so appealing you will not want to leave them. One of those books that you never want to end' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

‘Absolutely brilliant book. Easy, interesting and certainly a page-turner. Enjoyed reading this book so much’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

‘One of the best books I have ever read. I have always been interested in this period of history and felt that this book and the way Dunn writes helps to bring history alive. Once I started reading I could not stop’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781804835265
Number of pages: 284
Weight: 517 g
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22 mm

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“Entertaining froth”

Sybella misses her husband, killed in the Penisular War, but has her young son for company, her ancestral home and estate and the prospect of getting her younger sister married in London during the Season. She does... More

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“Enjoyable romance featuring two sisters”

Three and a half stars.

Mrs Sybella Lovatt and her younger sister Lucie live a pleasant pastoral life in their family manor in Wiltshire with Sybella's young son James, her husband was killed in the Napoleonic... More

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“A delightful Regency romance”

This is a delightful Regency romance written in the traditional style with plenty of longing looks and barely so much as a finger brush between the love interests. It's full of period detail that really brings... More

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