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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Pursuit of Pleasure The Pursuit of Pleasure Hebe Elsna The beautiful Elizabeth Gunning, is now happily married to her second husband the Duke of Argyll. But the children of the first and second marriages are headstrong and wayward, in particular the elde… OL20657846W
The Abbot's House The Abbot's House Laura Conway,Hebe Elsna This story is set in the last years of the Regency, and is narrated by Ennis Corbyn, a spirited young woman, but no beauty, who is adopted by the rich and lonely Marquesa de Verletta, and by her intr… OL6575307W
Too Well Beloved:(Pleasance#2) Too Well Beloved:(Pleasance#2) Laura Conway,Hebe Elsna The second story about the Grenton family at Pleasance. Saga: Pleasance Series Book 1: A House Called Pleasance Book 2: Too Well Beloved Book 3: The Undying Past OL6575334W
Mrs. Melbourne Mrs. Melbourne Hebe Elsna A vivid picture of life in Georgian days. The widower Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, helps to mould the character of the Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent. Debonair, urbane, witty… OL6630482W
A House Called Pleasance A House Called Pleasance Laura Conway,Hebe Elsna Pleasance, built in the reign of Edward IV, descends to one generation after another of the Grenton family. But in this family it is daughters, not sons, who come into possession of the lovely countr… OL6630499W
The Love Match The Love Match Hebe Elsna A vivid picture of life in Georgian days. When future prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, married Lady Caroline Ponsonby in 1805, it was a true love-match. But William's jealous moth… OL6630500W
The Wise Virgin The Wise Virgin Hebe Elsna Jocelyn, the heroine of this tale of Tudor times, attracts the attention of Henry VIII. Her predicament is understandable - to marry the bluebeard King is to risk death by the hangman's axe, but to r… OL6630504W
The Little Goddess The Little Goddess Lyndon Snow,Hebe Elsna Catherine Walters, also known as "Skittles" was a fashion trendsetter and one of the last of the great courtesans of Victorian London. Walters' benefactors are rumoured to have included intellectuals… OL9293674W