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Reviews:

"An engaging Scarlet Pimpernel-ish plot..." The Romance Reader, October 2001

"Witty and charming; everything that a Regency Romance should be." The Nonesuch

Nicola's Notes

The background to Lady Polly shows the seamier side of Regency life, the social unrest and violence that co-existed alongside the extravagant lifestyle of the Haut Ton.

About the book

Published in September 1999 in the UK and in August 2001 in the USA.

Reprinted in the UK in Regency Rakes in 2003.

Lady Polly is the sequel to The Virtuous Cyprian. and features some of the characters from Miss Verey's Proposal It is another old flames story. Polly Seagrave is a typical debutante, privileged and protected.  Although she is flattered by the attentions of Henry Marchnight, a notorious rake, she is too immature to have any deep feelings for him.  Five years later, however, she is all too aware of what she has so carelessly thrown away…