"The Quiet Gentleman" 1951 HEYER, Georgette Tables

"The Quiet Gentleman" 1951 HEYER, Georgette TablesHEYER, Georgette [352] pp. William Heinemann Ltd. 1951 First Australian Edition 8 1 4" x 5 3 4" Jacket design by Philip Gough The Quiet Gentleman is a Regency novel by Georgette Heyer, published at the start of 1951 by William Heinemann Ltd. Set in the spring of 1816, after the Battle of Waterloo, it is the story of the return home from the wars of the Seventh Earl of St Erth to claim his inheritance. The novel incorporates elements of the mystery

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