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Cover artist Arthur Barbosa Language English Pages 304 pp Followed by False Colours | 4/5 Goodreads Country United Kingdom Publication date 1962 Originally published 1962 Preceded by A Civil Contract Publisher Heinemann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Genres Regency era, Romance novel Similar Georgette Heyer books, Regency Romances Series books, Mystery books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Nonesuch is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. The story is set in 1816/1817.
Plot summary
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.