The Riddle of the Deplorable Dandy
Patricia Veryan
Elspeth Clayton's family has been living in considerably reduced circumstances, and to improve their finances, her brother Vance becomes a soldier of fortune. His assignments take him to France, where he is caught up in political intrigues. Injured in an attempt to escape a troop of dragoons, he is arrested and held in a French jail for questioning and probable execution.
In an effort to save her beloved brother, Elspeth turns first to his best friend and then to her most devoted suitor, but both are prevented from coming to her aid. Meanwhile, she has unintentionally antagonized Gervaise Valerian, a quick-tempered dandy much admired in Town, but whom she finds far from enchanting. Valerian has devised a daring plan to smuggle his father, a fugitive from justice, out of England. When his accomplice in the scheme is rendered helpless, he blames Elspeth.
Despite their mutual antipathy, they are both desperate to aid their loved ones, and with considerable reluctance they eventually decide to work together. Even as they are hunted by authorities on both sides of the Channel and pursued by unknown assassins, they persist with their struggle, in the course of which their feelings for each other undergo a marked change.
In an effort to save her beloved brother, Elspeth turns first to his best friend and then to her most devoted suitor, but both are prevented from coming to her aid. Meanwhile, she has unintentionally antagonized Gervaise Valerian, a quick-tempered dandy much admired in Town, but whom she finds far from enchanting. Valerian has devised a daring plan to smuggle his father, a fugitive from justice, out of England. When his accomplice in the scheme is rendered helpless, he blames Elspeth.
Despite their mutual antipathy, they are both desperate to aid their loved ones, and with considerable reluctance they eventually decide to work together. Even as they are hunted by authorities on both sides of the Channel and pursued by unknown assassins, they persist with their struggle, in the course of which their feelings for each other undergo a marked change.
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Jahr:
2002
Verlag:
Macmillan
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
368
ISBN 10:
1466884339
ISBN 13:
9780312290979
Serien:
Riddle 1
Datei:
EPUB, 347 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2002
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