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A Dazzling Story of Risk and Dangerous Liasions. Beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor is seduced by charming Robert Petre, seventh baron of Ingatestone. Eager to secure herself a rich and handsome husband, Arabella cannot guess that the enigmatic robert is entwined in a treasonous plot against Queen Anne. Watching the pair from the outskirts is a crippled man destined to become the genius of his age - the poet Alexander Pope. In Arabella and Robert's flirtations he has found the tale of temptation, coquetry and danger that might just make his fortune...
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Scandal of the Season, Sophie Gee
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sophie Gee
- Publisher
- Vintage Books USA
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0099507293
- ISBN13
- 9780099507291
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Women, British Literature, England, Historical Romance, Great Britain, London, 18th century, Based on True Events, Celebrations, Jacobites, Alexander Pope, Poet, 1688-1744, Arabella Fermor, 1696-1737, Queen Anne Stuart, 1665-1714
- Original title
- The Scandal of the Season
- Rating
- 3.1 out of 5
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- A Dazzling Story of Risk and Dangerous Liasions. Beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor is seduced by charming Robert Petre, seventh baron of Ingatestone. Eager to secure herself a rich and handsome husband, Arabella cannot guess that the enigmatic robert is entwined in a treasonous plot against Queen Anne. Watching the pair from the outskirts is a crippled man destined to become the genius of his age - the poet Alexander Pope. In Arabella and Robert's flirtations he has found the tale of temptation, coquetry and danger that might just make his fortune...