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The Riddle Of The Deplorable Dandy
Patricia Veryan
A Novel Of Georgian England
Riddle #5
St. Martin's Press
December 2002
On Sale: December 1, 2002
Featuring: Gervaise Valerian; Elspeth Clayton
368 pages
ISBN: 0312290977
EAN: 9780312290979
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Romance Historical
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 gaol 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 each desperate to aid their loved ones,
and with considerable reluctance they eventually decide to
work together. Hunted by authorities on both sides of the Channel and
pursued by unknown assassins, their efforts are fraught with
danger but they persist with their struggle, in the course
of which their feelings for each other undergo a marked change.
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