These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer

 

 

These Old Shades

by Georgette Heyer

 

Contents

I His Grace of Avon Buys a Soul i

II Introducing the Comte de Saint-Vire 12

III Which Tells of a Debt Unpaid 26

IV His Grace of Avon Becomes Further Acquainted with his Page 32

V His Grace of Avon Visits Versailles 47

VI His Grace of Avon Refuses to Sell his Page 63

VII Satan and Priest at One 77

VIII Hugh Davenant is Amazed  91

IX Leon and Ldonie 101

X Lady Fanny's Virtue is Outraged 111

XI Mr. Marling' s Heart is Won 126

XII His Grace of Avon's Ward 131

XIII The Education of Leonie 139

XIV The Appearance on the Scene of Lord Rupert Alastair 146

XV Lord Rupert Makes the Acquaintance of Leonie 1 57

XVI The Coining of the Comte dc Saint-Vire 165

XVII Of a Capture, a Chase, and Confusion 171

XVIII The Indignation of Mr. Manvers 181

XIX Lord Rupert Wins the Second Trick 192

XX His Grace of Avon Takes Command of the Game 208

XXI The Discomfiture of the Comte de Saint Vire 218

XXII The Arrival of another Player in the Game 232

XXIII Mr. Marling Allows himself to be Persuaded 242

XXIV Hugh Davcnant is Agreeably Surprised 253

XXV Leonie Curtsies to the Polite World 265

XXVI The Presentation of Leonie 280

XXVII The Hand of Madame dc Vcrchoureux 294

XXVIII The Comte de Saint-Vire Discovers an Ace in His Hand 306

XXIX The Disappearance of Leonie 314

XXX His Grace of Avon Trumps the Comte’s Ace 326

XXXI His Grace of Avon Wins All 344

XXXII His Grace of Avon Astonishes Everyone for the Last Time 

 

Georgette Heyer (/ˈheɪ.ər/; 16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. The couple spent several years living in Tanganyika Territory and Macedonia before returning to England in 1929. After her novel These Old Shades became popular despite its release during the General Strike, Heyer determined that publicity was not necessary for good sales. For the rest of her life she refused to grant interviews, telling a friend: "My private life concerns no one but myself and my family." Wikipedia

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