The Game of Hearts
25 April 2024Imprint: Blink Publishing
Synopsis
'Endlessly captivating' - Tracy Borman
'Tantalising' - Gill Hornby
'More scandal than Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown' - Helena Kelly
The carriages have rolled back into town, cards of invitation are propped up on chimney-pieces, and match-making mamas are plotting their campaigns; Regency London's Bon Ton are all set for another season . . .
Using diaries, letters and stories of scandal from the newspapers, author...
'Tantalising' - Gill Hornby
'More scandal than Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown' - Helena Kelly
The carriages have rolled back into town, cards of invitation are propped up on chimney-pieces, and match-making mamas are plotting their campaigns; Regency London's Bon Ton are all set for another season . . .
Using diaries, letters and stories of scandal from the newspapers, author...
Details
25 April 2024304 pages
9781785120886Imprint: Blink Publishing
Reviews
'If Georgette Heyer had written non-fiction it might have looked like this. In The Game of Hearts, Felicity Day uncovers the real lives and loves of the Regency super-rich, ushering us into a world filled with heiresses, parties, grand estates, and more scandal than Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown. Moving from ballrooms to courtrooms and on to the battlefields of Waterloo, Day marries fine historical sense with romantic sensibility, proving that Regency fact is even more fascinating than Regency fiction'Helena Kelly - author of Jane Austen, The Secret Radical
'The real world of Jane Austen is brought vividly to life in this beautifully written, endlessly captivating and often surprising account of Regency women. Not to be missed'Tracy Borman
'It rackets along - a thoroughly researched, often tantalising, account of the occasional ups and horrifying downs of the Georgian marriage market'Gill Hornby, author of Godmersham Park