Arabella
The prolific Georgette Heyer--author of more than 70 novels--is  perhaps best known for her Regency romances. A consummate storyteller,  Heyer was also an astute historian of the times she wrote about; every  detail of the language, dress, and customs rings with authenticity.Arabellais one of Heyer's most charming Regency novels. In it,  young Arabella Tallant, the beautiful daughter of an impoverished  clergyman, comes to London for her social debut and almost immediately  runs afoul of Robert Beaumaris, a wealthy, eligible aristocrat. Beaumaris suspects that Arabella engineered a carriage  accident in order to meet him; Arabella, in a rage, leads him to  believe that she is the heiress to a massive fortune and thus quite  uninterested in his own riches.Having set the stage for inevitable misunderstandings between this  arrogant Romeo and hotheaded Juliet, Heyer then peoples it with  unforgettable secondary characters. Arabella's warm heart and strong  principles lead her to befriend such unsavory types as an abused  apprentice to a chimney sweep, a stray dog, and a fallen woman happily  known as "Leaky Peg"--all of whom she foists on the reluctant  but gallant Mr. Beaumaris.Arabellais an intelligent, witty  romp--both a romance with a hearty sense of humor and a historical  novel that remains true to the times it depicts.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.