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My Lord John

My Lord John

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable historical adventure

Summary

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser
'Fabulously witty' Stephen Fry
'Incisively witty, quietly subversive' Joanne Harris
'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet what a treat you have in store' Harriet Evans
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Growing up in England's most turbulent era on the wild and lawless Northern Marches, John Duke of Bedford grew to manhood fighting for his father, King Henry IV.

Through his loyalty, strength, and superb fighting power, he would go on to became the greatest ally his brother, King Henry V, could have asked for.

Filled with the clash of bitter rivalries and deadly power struggles, this is Georgette Heyer's final and most ambitious novel.
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Readers love My Lord John ...


***** 'I found this book absolutely incredible.'
***** 'Truly brilliant.'
***** 'She truly knew how to bring history to life.'
***** 'A brilliant, well-researched, beautifully written yet sadly unfinished novel.'

About the author

Georgette Heyer

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.
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