The Scandal of the Season
(Sprache: Englisch)
A seductive novel about risk and dangerous liaisons in a time of Jacobite plots and Popish fears, when marriage was a market, and sex was a temptation fraught with danger, The Scandal of the Season is a brilliant, witty modern love-story - but set in 1711.
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A seductive novel about risk and dangerous liaisons in a time of Jacobite plots and Popish fears, when marriage was a market, and sex was a temptation fraught with danger, The Scandal of the Season is a brilliant, witty modern love-story - but set in 1711.
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A Dazzling Story of Risk and Dangerous Liasions.Beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor is seduced by charming Robert Petre, seventh baron of Ingatestone. Eager to secure herself a rich and handsome husband, Arabella cannot guess that the enigmatic robert is entwined in a treasonous plot against Queen Anne.
Watching the pair from the outskirts is a crippled man destined to become the genius of his age - the poet Alexander Pope. In Arabella and Robert's flirtations he has found the tale of temptation, coquetry and danger that might just make his fortune...
Autoren-Porträt von Sophie Gee
Sophie Gee wurde 1974 in Sidney geboren. Die Australierin studierte Englische Literatur an der Universität von Sidney und bekam ein Stipendium für Harvard, wo sie ihre Doktorarbeit schrieb. Kurz danach bekam sie einen Ruf als Assistenzprofessorin nach Princeton. Sie lebt derzeit in Princeton und New York und reist regelmäßig nach Australien, um ihre Familie zu besuchen.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sophie Gee
- 2008, 320 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 2,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 0099507293
- ISBN-13: 9780099507291
Sprache:
Englisch
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"A seduction reminiscent of "Dangerous Liaisons, " with the crackling historical mystery of "An Instance of the Fingerpost. The Scandal of the Season" captures the breezy poetic romance of "Shakespeare in Love, " recast to star Alexander Pope."-- Ian Caldwell, author of "The Rule of Four"
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