
“'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
“'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers ... the permanent glister of scandal ... ties the whole thing together'”
— INDEPENDENT
“'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
“'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!'”
— HARRIET EVANS
“'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic'”
— KATIE FFORDE
“'The greatest writer who ever lived'”
— ANTONIA FRASER
“'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.'”
— SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
“' My generation's Julia Quinn'”
— ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton
“'Utterly delightful'”
— GUARDIAN
These Old Shades
Part of Alastair-Audley series
Year
1926
Pages
378
Praise
“'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
“'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers ... the permanent glister of scandal ... ties the whole thing together'”
— INDEPENDENT
“'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
“'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!'”
— HARRIET EVANS
“'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic'”
— KATIE FFORDE
“'The greatest writer who ever lived'”
— ANTONIA FRASER
“'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.'”
— SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
“' My generation's Julia Quinn'”
— ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton
“'Utterly delightful'”
— GUARDIAN
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