The Country Gentleman

Mandarin, UK, 1989. Paperback. Fair. Paperback. 325 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Mandarin, UK, 1989. *** CONDITION: This book is in fair condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing and moderate rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Remainder mark on page edges. Pages are lightly tanned. Yellow liquid staining over pages from page 314 onwards. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A delightfully different Regency romance from an author with "considerably more wit and pizazz than the legendary Georgette [Heyer] herself" (Kirkus Reviews). At twenty-eight, Anne Guilfoyle is happily established as a spinster and a bluestocking, delighting her London friends with witticisms and intelligent observations on the political goings-on of the day. But when she is suddenly bereft of her fortune, she is forced to take up residence at Fevermere, the Cheshire farmhouse willed to her by her great uncle. Isolated from London society and surrounded by farmland, with only her friend Maria for companionship, Anne finds her intelligence put to the test. She rapidly overcomes the shock brought about by the move and sets herself the task of learning everything she can about farming. Evenings prove rather dull, however, and Anne is obliged to invite some of her neighbors to dine - the most notable guest being Mr. Henry Highet, who Anne quickly decides is a thick-witted country type, though admittedly rather handsome. But Anne's estimations of both country life and Henry are about to undergo a dramatic change . . . *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN: 0749300779. ISBN/EAN: 9780749300777. Inventory No: 21010573.. 9780749300777