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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Taking us behind drawing room doors and into high society ballrooms, The Game ofHearts follows six leading ladies and their family, friends, and contemporaries asthey move from matchmaking to matrimony and beyond. Candid insights into thecompetitive world of the marriage mart; real stories of rakish husbands and richheiresses; and true tales of lost and long-lasting love, reveal not just Regencycourtship customs, but truly captivating lives.Using diaries, letters and stories of scandal from the newspapers, author FelicityDay pieces together a rich and intimate view of this most beloved period of Britishhistory, showcasing the voices and opinions, hopes and desires of the real womenwho lived and loved in the Regency era. The Regency period in Britain has long been glamorised as a blur of glitz and glamour with the women of the period being fondly remembered for their wide gowns and big hair topped with feathers, but who were these women and what was it like to live and love in this age of elegance? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781788707329
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: eng. Seller Inventory # 9781788707329
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.13x5.94x0.98 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # __178870732X
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Book Description Condition: New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781788707329
Book Description Condition: New. 2022. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781788707329
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Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Each and every January they came, with baggage-laden coaches, back to their houses in town. Woken from a wintertime slumber were the streets and squares of London's West End, suddenly echoing once more with the rumble of carriage wheels and coal-wagons; the steady beating of brass door knockers and the shouts of servants. Inside tall narrow townhouses and mansions more like private palaces, holland covers were cast off, shutters flung open, and preparations begun in earnest for the annual social whirl that was the Regency season.The Regency period in Britain has long been glamorised as a blur of glitz and glamour with the women of the period being fondly remembered for their wide gowns and big hair topped with feathers, but who were these women and what was it like to live and love in this age of elegance Regency Romance allows the reader a glimpse behind the drawing room doors of high society, charting the lives of the women who filled them. True tales of rakish husbands, runaway lovers and rich heiresses; candid insights into the competitive world of the so-called marriage mart; and plentiful examples of the pitfalls of pursuing a brilliant match, reveal what courtship and married life was really like for Regency women. 276 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9781788707329