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Indolent dandy Robert Wringham (“superb”—The Telegraph) occupies a lazy, hazy, mazy world of geriatric flies, winking sparrows, and smiling labradoodles.

Witness!


If there is one person to whom Lady Marlowe would rather not owe her life, it is the Duke of Buckington, a man she detests.

A thrilling story set against the background of England, India and 19th Century Hong Kong.

In order to save his ancestral home and estate, the Earl of Irchester must do the unthinkable and marry the daughter of Groon, the most notorious Usurer in the whole of 19th century London.

The war with Napoleon won, the Earl of Hellington begins another campaign, the pursuit of a pretty yet infuriating young milliner who evades all his attempts to make her his mistress.

Disguised as a French governess, Nadina Talbort is hiding in Constantinople wondering how she will get back to England.

Twelve short stories, each underlining the remarkable versatility of the writer. Some will make you shift uneasily in your chair, others will give satisfaction.

How will Astaria choose between three cousins offered to her as husbands?

Set in India when the British defended the north-west frontier in the 1880's.

Having no son, the Marquess of Walstoke makes his nephew Harry his heir.

A French foundling and a royal Englishman - could the gulf that separated them be bridged by love?

Forced to accompany her uncle on a voyage to Calcutta, Sita attempts to throw herself overboard. She is saved by a mysterious stranger.

Bettina, unwanted by her mother, is sent to a missionary aunt. There the dangers she faces are overcome with the help of a tall dark stranger.

A tense drama of jealousy and murder centred on a group of archaeologists. Poirot is called in.

An invitation to a murder turns out to be in deadly earnest, not a practical joke.