The Nonesuch Author:Georgette Heyer STARTLING WORDS: When they learned that Sir Waldo Hawkridge was coming, the village gentry were thrown into a flurry. The famed sportsman himself! The local youths idolized "the Nonsuch"; the fathers disapproved; and the mothers and daughters saw him as the most eligible--and elusive--man in the kingdom. — But one person remained calm. When sh... more »e became a governess, Ancilla Trent had put away romance, and at first she could only be amused at the fuss over Sir Waldo. But when he ignored the well-born beauties of the district, a shocking question began to form: could the celebrated gentleman be courting her?
England's best-loved novelist, Georgette Heyer, has dazzled a generation with her unerring taste and superb command of the charming Regency period.« less