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The Scandal of the Season Signed first edition.
by Gee, Sophie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701181168
- ISBN 13
- 9780701181161
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 2007. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Signed by the author. Chatto & Windus, London, 2007. First edition, signed by the author. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped and with minor edge wear only. Comes with the wrap-around ball mask. 'Signed first edition' sticker to front. This is the story of the real life seduction of the beautiful, clever, Arabella fermor by the charming nobleman Robert Ptre, seventh Baron of Ingatestone. The couple's affair and its notorious finale is a true story, covered up in its day as it threatened to cause a sensation. Sophisticated, sexy and hugely enjoyable, this dazzling debut novel is inspired by events that gave rise to the era's most satirical entertainment. The story plays out against the backdrop of eighteenth century London: dirty teeming street-life and glorious buildings, newly restored after the Great Fire; the River Thames, artery of England's trade & commerce; masked balls, operas, eating houses, clandestine courtships and political intrigue - and the most famous literary lions of the time.
Synopsis
A seductive novel about risk and dangerous liaisons in a time of Jacobite plots and Popish fears, when marriage was a market, and sex was a temptation fraught with danger, The Scandal of the Season is a brilliant, witty modern love-story – set in 1711...What would you do if you were faced with a dangerous temptation you feared you couldn't resist? The Scandal of the Season tells the story of the real-life seduction of the beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor by the charming, enigmatic nobleman Robert Petre, seventh Baron of Ingatestone. Arabella is in need of rich husband, but knows that girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she contemplates. The object of her desire is also flirting with a perilous Jacobite plot against Queen Anne. Watching the pair with a beady eye, is an outsider, a cripple, destined to become the genius of his age – the poet Alexander Pope. He arrives in London from the country, burning with ambition. If he fails, he will be left destitute. But can he find a story for his next poem powerful enough to make his reputation?A seductive novel about risk and dangerous liaisons in a time of Jacobite plots and Popish fears, when marriage was a market, and sex was a temptation fraught with danger, The Scandal of the Season is a brilliant, witty modern love-story – set in 1711.Sophisticated, sexy and hugely enjoyable, this dazzling debut novel is inspired by events that gave rise to the era's most celebrated satirical entertainment, The Rape of the Lock. The story plays out against the backdrop of 18th-century London: dirty, teeming street-life and glorious buildings, newly restored after the Great Fire; the River Thames, artery of England's trade and commerce; masked balls, operas, eating houses, clandestine courtships and political intrigue.
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- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1304240
- Title
- The Scandal of the Season Signed first edition.
- Author
- Gee, Sophie
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701181168
- ISBN 13
- 9780701181161
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Historical fiction,Sophie Gee,Arabella Fermor,Robert Petre,Baron of Ingatestone
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical fiction;
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