The Grand Sophy: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

Georgette Heyer

Feb 2011 · Random House

About this ebook

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!

'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser
'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris
'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' Sophie Kinsella
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The charming Sophia Stanton-Lacy is a force to be reckoned with.

When Sophy is sent to stay with her London relatives, she finds her cousins in quite the tangle.

Cecilia is besotted with an attractive but feather-brained poet, Hubert has fallen foul of a money-lender, and the ruthlessly handsome Charles is engaged to a pedantic bluestocking who seems to bring out the worst in him...

Fortunately, Sophy has arrived just in time to sort them all out - but Charles is eager to rid his family of her meddlesome ways. Has the Grand Sophy finally met her match?
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'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers ... the permanent glister of scandal [...] ties the whole thing together' Independent
'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order' Daily Mail
'Rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde
'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' Harriet Evans
'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' Sunday Telegraph
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Readers love The Grand Sophy . . .

***** 'The smile never left my face!'
***** 'Sophy had me laughing or smiling through most of the book. She is someone I would love to know in my real life.'
***** 'This one is definitely in my top favourites!'
***** 'Loved every word!'
***** 'This one is definitely in my top favourites! It was funny, witty, engaging and just awesome!!!'
***** 'Georgette Heyer's books will live on long after the Harlequin historicals fade from our memories, simply because she is superlative at what she does: making you believe in romance.'

Ratings and reviews

No! Am I the only one who thinks Sophy was a PSYCHO?!!! She was beyond being a control freak. What was that shot scene for? I was enjoying the read until 3/4 of the book, and was amazed how a few chapters ruined it all for me :/ No.

What a wordsmith is Miss Heyer. With one well chosen word she can reduce the reader to tears of laughter while holding you spellbound in the weft and warp of a tangled romance.

Thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. Sophy ranks alongside Venetia as one off Georgette heyer's all time favourite heroines!

About the author

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.