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The Scandalous Ladies of London

Author : Sophie Jordan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063270718

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New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan kicks off her amazing new high concept series, The Scandalous Ladies of London, which chronicles the lives of a group of affluent ladies reigning over glittering, Regency-era London, vying for position in the hierarchy of the ton. They are the young wives, widows, and daughters of London’s wealthiest families. The drama is big, the money runs deep, and the shade is real. Life is different in the ton. “My husband is a good man… just ask all the women he has bedded.” Wealthy society maven Lady Gertrude knows how the world works. If her husband is less than faithful, it’s an acceptable price to pay for her coveted position at the apex of London’s most fashionable set. No exclusive soirée or lavish ball is complete without her and her group of decadent, well-connected friends. And this Season promises more excitement than usual: Tru is launching her daughter into Society, helping her navigate the cutthroat Marriage Mart, complete with fortune hunters, jealous debutantes, and malicious gossips. As skilled as Tru is at playing the high-stakes games of the ton, she never expects to meet her match—until Jasper Thorne begins to court her daughter. Jasper needs a titled bride, but when he meets Tru, all his carefully laid plans go up in smoke. The attraction between Tru and Jasper is undeniable…and unacceptable. To indulge in an affair with her daughter’s suitor would be ruinous. If it becomes public, she’ll never survive the scandal. Especially as it becomes clear that he wants more than one night…he wants the impossible. He wants forever. A sizzling story of scandalous ladies, irresistible temptation, and the dangers—and joys—of being true to yourself.

The Duchess

Author : Sophie Jordan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063270756

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The thrilling second book in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s amazing new high concept series, The Scandalous Ladies of London, which chronicles the lives of a group of affluent ladies reigning over glittering, Regency-era London, vying for position in the hierarchy of the ton. They are the young wives, widows, and daughters of London’s wealthiest families. The drama is big, the money runs deep, and the shade is real. Life is different in the ton. “I liked my husband well enough … but I like him even better dead.” It’s been a year since her wretched cad of a husband died and Valencia, the Dowager Duchess of Dedham, is finally her own woman. Flitting from party to party, freedom is sweet and life should be perfect. Until the new duke surfaces. Nothing like the haughty noblemen who populate the ton, Rhain, the newly minted Duke of Dedham, is a big brawny Welshman with an accent that makes Valencia’s knees go weak as he boldly moves into her home with his six wild unwed sisters. The rude and humorless usurper thinks her vain and spoiled. But with a pittance to her name, Valencia needs his support to remain in London and enjoy all the pleasures her new position as a merry widow has to offer. So a bargain is struck. Valencia will usher his sisters into Good Society and see them happily betrothed. In return, he’ll give her the financial security and independence she craves. But the more time they spend beneath the same roof, the more she realizes it's not safety she wants but the dangerously seductive Rhain. Valencia has vowed never to risk marriage again. And yet how can she resist the tempting man when he might be the greatest adventure of her life?

The Scandalous Lady W

Author : Hallie Rubenhold
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473524750

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It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history. For over two hundred years the story of Lady Worsley, her vengeful husband, and her lover, George Maurice Bisset, lay forgotten. Now Hallie Rubenhold, in her impeccably researched book, throws open a window to a rarely seen view of Georgian England, one coloured by passion, adventure and the defiance of social convention. The Worsley's story, their struggles and outrageous lifestyle, promises to shock even the modern reader.

The Scandalous Lady Sandford

Author : ADELE. CLEE
Publisher : Adele Clee
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1999893816

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The Scandalous Lady Sandford by ADELE. CLEE Pdf

When a lady discovers stars shine even in the blackest sky. Ruined by a lord purely as a means to exact revenge on her brother, Lady Lillian Sandford has given up all hope of ever finding love. The two years spent abroad did nothing to quell the gossips. And with her brother's notorious reputation, it's hard to hide in the shadows. Vane is viciously protective and threatens any man who so much as glances her way. Only one man has the nerve to defy him. The one they call The Raven. After inheriting an estate on the verge of bankruptcy, Fabian Darcy, Baron Ravenscroft, made his fortune sailing the high seas. Haunted by the death of his sister, he lives far away from the society he detests, in a castle on an island off the Devonshire coast. But when he receives information that his sister may not have perished in the shipwreck, the search is on to find his missing sibling. Where better to start his investigation than with the scoundrel who ruined her life? But Vane's refusal to respond to his missive forces Fabian to take drastic action. Kidnapping Lillian Sandford serves Fabian's goal on numerous counts. Vane will have no choice but to offer his help. Marrying the chit will prove a fitting retribution. What lady wants to live on a desolate island with a crew of seafaring men? What lady wants a loveless marriage to a rogue?

In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady

Author : Gayle Callen
Publisher : Avon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061783412

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In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady by Gayle Callen Pdf

Entranced by a portrait, haunted by scandal, he would stop at nothing to learn the truth . . . even if it led to their utter ruin.

From Duke till Dawn: 2018’s most scandalous Regency read (Shady Ladies of London, Book 1)

Author : Eva Leigh
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008272609

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From Duke till Dawn: 2018’s most scandalous Regency read (Shady Ladies of London, Book 1) by Eva Leigh Pdf

‘Delightful banter and delicious passion...simply divine’, New York Times bestselling author Tessa Dare Eva Leigh launches her seductive new Scandalous Ladies of London series...

Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies

Author : Hallie Rubenhold
Publisher : Random House
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Covent Garden (London, England)
ISBN : 9780857521422

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Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies by Hallie Rubenhold Pdf

"If you ever wondered what Jane Austen's Mr Darcy and his 'fellows' got up to on their numerous trips to London, here is the book they would certainly have carried around ... HARRIS'S LIST OF COVENT GARDEN LADIES was a bestseller of the Eighteenth Century, shifting 250,000 copoies in an age before mass consumerism. An annual 'guide book', and published at Christmas time, it detailed the names, attributes and 'specialities' of the capital's prostitutes. During its heyday (1759 -95) HARRIS'S LIST was the essential accessory for any serious gentleman of pleasure. Hallie Rubenhold has collected the funniest, rudest and most bizarre entries penned by Jack Harris, Pimp-General-of-all-England' into this mischievous little book."

The 'scandalous Memoirists'

Author : Lynda M. Thompson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719055733

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The 'scandalous Memoirists' by Lynda M. Thompson Pdf

Thompson presents a re-appraisal of the 'scandalous memoirists' Costantia Phillips and Laetitia Pilkington, who feature with a cast of other 18th century apologists, and overturns scholarship's traditional discrediting of them.

A Scandalous Lady

Author : Rachelle Morgan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062381484

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Faith Jarvis has spent most of her 20 years on the mean streets of London, having been abandoned by her family as a child. She has no choice but to work for Jack Swift, a mean and violent criminal mastermind who has his network of thieves. One night, Faith and her young partner spot a target and intend to relieve the gentleman of his purse. Unfortunately for them, Troyce de Meir, Third Baron of Westborogh, is not an easy victim.

Scandalous Women

Author : Elizabeth Kerri Mahon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101478813

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Scandalous Women by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Pdf

Throughout history women have caused wars, defied the rules, and brought men to their knees. The famous and the infamous, queens, divorcées, actresses, and outlaws have created a ruckus during their lifetimes-turning heads while making waves. Scandalous Women tells the stories of the risk takers who have flouted convention, beaten the odds, and determined the course of world events. *When Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC) wasn't bathing in asses' milk, the last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty ruled Egypt and forged an important political alliance with Rome against her enemies-until her dalliance with Marc Antony turned the empire against her. *Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1748), a mathematician, physicist, author, and paramour of one of the greatest minds in France, Voltaire, shocked society with her unorthodox lifestyle and intellectual prowess-and became a leader in the study of theoretical physics in France at a time when the sciences were ruled by men. *Long before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1928) fought to end discrimination and the terrible crime of lynching and helped found the NAACP, but became known as a difficult woman for her refusal to compromise and was largely lost in the annals of history. *Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) had a passion for archaeology and languages, and left her privileged world behind to become one of the foremost chroniclers of British imperialism in the Middle East, and one of the architects of the modern nation of Iraq.

Falling for the Scandalous Lady

Author : Elizabeth Beacon
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369711472

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Falling for the Scandalous Lady by Elizabeth Beacon Pdf

Scarred by life… Until he finds her Stumbling upon Lady Melissa Aldercombe hiding away in his library during a ball, Sir Adam Lathbury expects to be greeted by her horror and revulsion at his disfigured appearance—not a fiery frisson of attraction that he thought he’d never encounter again. But after his betrothed rejected him, can Adam believe the connection is genuine? Especially when he discovers she’s harboring an explosive reputation-destroying secret! From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

The Scandalous Lady Wright

Author : M. C. Beaton
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795320699

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The Scandalous Lady Wright by M. C. Beaton Pdf

A beautiful widow is accused of her late husband’s murder in this Regency-set story of romantic suspense by a New York Times–bestselling author. The upper class regarded Sir Benjamin Wright with utmost honor and respect. Yet Lady Emma knew her husband was, in fact, a drunken, jealous brute who delighted in humiliating her both in and out of the bedroom. His murder had been a blessing, she thought—that is until the constable’s accusing finger pointed to her. But it soon becomes apparent that her late husband hid many secrets and had many enemies. When the practical Comte Saint-Juste arrives on the scene offering his services, Lady Emma is about to discover what the French dedication to l’amour really means . . . Originally published under the name Marion Chesney, this is a suspenseful love story from an author who “delivers top-notch Regency fare” (RT Reviews).

Religion in Victorian London

Author : William M. Jacob,W. M. Jacob
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192897404

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Religion in Victorian London by William M. Jacob,W. M. Jacob Pdf

This innovative book challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the place of religion in Victorian society and in London, the world's first great industrial and commercial metropolis. Against the background of Victorian London it explores the religiosity of Londoners as expressed through the dynamic renewal of traditional faith communities, including Judaism and the historic churches, as well as fresh expressions of religion, including the Salvation Army, Mormons, spiritualism, and the occult. It shows how laypeople, especially the rich and women were mobilised in the service of their faith, and their fellow citizens. Drawing on research in social, economic, oral, cultural, and women's history Jacob argues that religious motivations lay behind concerns that subsequently preoccupied people in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. These include the changing place of women in society, an active concern for social justice, the sexual exploitation of women and children, and provision of education for all classes and all ages. By examining religion broadly, in its social and cultural context and looking beyond conventional approaches to religious history, Religious Vitality in Victorian London illustrates the dynamic significance of religion in society influencing even the expression of secularism.

In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady

Author : Gayle Callen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Aristocracy (Social class)
ISBN : 1616642874

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In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady by Gayle Callen Pdf

Who is the beauty in the scandalous nude portrait hanging in one of London's most fashionable clubs? Is it true that she's a member of the ton? Who would be so daring. So reckless? Julian Delane, Earl of Parkhurst, has a good idea. Determined to clear his family name from a scandal that claimed his father's life, Julian believes the ravishing model will lead him to answers. Set in 1840s England.

Before Victoria

Author : Elizabeth Denlinger
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231509930

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Before Victoria by Elizabeth Denlinger Pdf

It might not have the been the revolution that Mary Wollstonecraft called for in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), but the Romantic era did witness a dramatic change in women's lives. Combining literary and cultural history, this richly illustrated volume brings back to life a remarkable, though frequently overlooked, group of women who transformed British culture and inspired new ways of understanding feminine roles and female sexuality. What was this revolution like? Women were expected to be more moral, more constrained, and more private than in the eighteenth century, when women such as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire crafted bold public personas. Genteel women no longer laughed aloud at bawdy jokes and noblewomen ran charity bazaars instead of private casinos. By 1800, motherhood had become a sacred calling and women who could afford to do so devoted themselves to the home. While this idealization of domesticity kept some women off the streets, it afforded others new opportunities. Often working from home, women wrote novels and poetry, sculpted busts, painted portraits, and conducted scientific research. They also seized the chance to do good, and crafted new public roles for themselves as philanthropists and reformers. Now-obscure female astronomers, photographers, sculptors, and mathematicians share these pages with celebrated writers such as Mary Shelley, her mother Mary Wollstonecraft, and Mary Robinson, who in addition to being a novelist and actress was also the mistress of the Prince of Wales. This book also makes full use of The New York Public Library's extensive collections, including graphic works and caricatures from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, manuscripts, hand-colored illustrations, broadsides, drawings, oil paintings, notebooks, albums and early photographs. These vivid, beautiful, and often humorous images depict these women, their works, and their social and domestic worlds.