Black Sheep (1966)
Black Sheep is a 1966 1960s book written by Georgette Heyer.
Abigail Wendover is clever, handsome, and past the age when Bath society expects a woman to marry, and content to stay that way until her naive niece Fanny loses her head over Stacy Calverleigh, a charming fortune-hunter. Determined to break the match, Abigail finds an unlikely ally in Stacy's uncle Miles, the black sheep of his family, who returned from India with a fortune and no patience for polite convention. His blunt manners appall her. His knack for making her laugh at the wrong moment unsettles her more. Georgette Heyer sets their sparring in the drawing rooms and pump rooms of Regency Bath.
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What is Black Sheep about?
Abigail Wendover is clever, handsome, and past the age when Bath society expects a woman to marry, and content to stay that way until her naive niece Fanny loses her head over Stacy Calverleigh, a charming fortune-hunter. Determined to break the match, Abigail finds an unlikely ally in Stacy's uncle Miles, the black sheep of his family, who returned from India with a fortune and no patience for polite convention. His blunt manners appall her. His knack for making her laugh at the wrong moment unsettles her more. Georgette Heyer sets their sparring in the drawing rooms and pump rooms of Regency Bath.
When was Black Sheep published?
Black Sheep was published in 1966.
Who made Black Sheep?
Black Sheep was written by Georgette Heyer.
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For the same Regency wit and courtship between two sharp-tongued equals, try Autumn de Wilde's film Emma, all pastel drawing rooms and mismatched matchmaking. Persuasion, also set partly in Bath, shares the older, wiser heroine and the second chance at love that Georgette Heyer's Abigail quietly hopes for.