The Marriage Season de Jane Dunn

Je viens d'apprendre que Jane Dunn, qui était biographe jusqu'ici (j'avais adoré sa biographie Virginia Woolf et Vanessa Bell : une très intime conspiration  ) s'est essayée aux romans historiques Regency.

Citation :

'It's not a fair world I'm afraid. Beauty or fortune carries the day. You have the beauty and I the fortune, so there's every chance we'll succeed'
In Regency England, marriage is everything. For young widow Sybella Lovatt, the time has come to find a suitable husband for her sister and ward Lucie. Male suitors are scarce near their Wiltshire estate, so the sisters resolve to head to London in time for the Season to begin.

Once ensconced at the Mayfair home of Lady Godley, Lucie's godmother, the whirl of balls, parties and promenades can begin. But the job of finding a husband is fraught with rules and tradition. Jostling for attention are the two lords - the charming and irresistible Freddie Lynwood and the preternaturally handsome Valentine Ravenell, their enigmatic neighbour from Shotten Hall, Mr Brabazon, and the dangerous libertine Lord Rockliffe, with whom the brooding Brabazon is locked in deadly rivalry.

Against the backdrop of glamorous Regency England, Sybella must settle Lucie's future, protect her own reputation, and resist the disreputable rakes determined to seduce the beautiful widow. As the Season ends, will the sisters have found the rarest of things - a suitable marriage with a love story to match?

The Marriage Season a rencontré un certain succès publique et critique et elle s'apprête à en publier un nouveau dans quelques jours, An Unsuitable Heiress

Comme j'aime beaucoup son écriture, j'en essaierai bien un à l'occasion. Dommage cependant que les couvertures soient aussi classiques ...


Sally Dunne, l'illustratrice des magnifiques éditions des romans de Georgette Heyer chez Folio Society a réalisé une illustration des 2 héroïnes du roman. J'adore 



Source : Jane Dunn (@JaneDunnAuthor) / Twitter

Ah c'est cool, une bonne nouvelle.