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These old shades / Georgette Heyer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print clean readsPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016Copyright date: �1926Description: 561 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781410486110 (large print : hardback)
  • 1410486117 (large print : hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon, is called "Satanas" by friend and enemy alike. In the aristocratic circles of London and Louis XV's Paris, he has a reputation as a dangerous and debauched rake. Late one evening, the Duke stumbles upon L�eon, a red-headed urchin fleeing a beating at his brutal brother's hands. On a whim, Avon buys the boy and makes him his page. But it soon becomes clear that L�eon is not what he seems. When the grubby L�eon turns out to be the enchanting L�eonie, the Duke is not prepared for the tender emotions she awakens.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction Heyer, Georgett Available 33111008375848
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This work offers a classic tale of intrigue, adventure, and love from the Grande Dame of romantic historical novels set in Regency England.

Justin Alastair, Duke of Avon, is called "Satanas" by friend and enemy alike. In the aristocratic circles of London and Louis XV's Paris, he has a reputation as a dangerous and debauched rake. Late one evening, the Duke stumbles upon L�eon, a red-headed urchin fleeing a beating at his brutal brother's hands. On a whim, Avon buys the boy and makes him his page. But it soon becomes clear that L�eon is not what he seems. When the grubby L�eon turns out to be the enchanting L�eonie, the Duke is not prepared for the tender emotions she awakens.

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