A Civil Contract
Ref: 2183
Published: 1961Publisher: Heinemann
Synopsis:
Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin and the broad acres of his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who tactfully introduces him to Mr Jonathan Chaleigh, a City man of apparently unlimited wealth with no social ambitions for himself, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only daughter.
First Edition
1961 Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer
A Civil Contract is a Regency era novel by Georgette Heyer, first published in October 1961 by Heinemann in the UK and in January 1962 by G. P. Putnam's Sons in the US. Set between 1814–1815, the story centres on a bankrupted viscount who reluctantly enters a marriage of convenience with a wealthy merchant's daughter. In this case the time is supported by a rich assortment of period detail.
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Articles for A Civil Contract
| Date | Title | Source | Author | Other books | Paywall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-29 | Sensible grown-ups and the battle of Waterloo: Georgette Heyer’s A Civil Contract | TOR | Jo Walton |