Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle by Georgette Heyer

Set in 1817-18, for Austen aficionados it provides not only engaging characters, period manners, and lively dialogue, but what could be considered an exploration of one of Austen’s most beloved characters: Mr. Sound familiar?Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle is one of Georgette Heyer’s most delightful novels in the genre she invented. He needs an outspoken heroine to teach him a lesson about his self-consequence and pride. He was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit but to be fair, he is no more villainous than any other young man of large fortune used to getting his own way. Our hero is 28, wealthy, with vast estates and dependents, and head of his house, having come into his inheritance at a young age. She was known as the Queen of Regency romance, and was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, and her extraordinary plots and characterizations. Georgette Heyer wrote over fifty novels, including Regency romances, mysteries, and historical fiction. 'Hilariously funny, romantic, even touching in a subtle way.' He is so drily funny it takes your breath away. 'One of Heyer's most unsung achievements, a classic Pride and Prejudice story.

'A truly brilliant Heyer with an adorable and very real heroine and a hero who is very human!' She meets none of his criteria, and even worse, she has written a novel that is sweeping through the town and causing all kinds of gossip. Then he meets Phoebe Marlow, a young lady with literary aspirations, and suddenly life becomes very complicated. Sylvester, Duke of Salford, has exacting requirements for a bride. Rank, wealth, and elegance are no match for a young lady who writes novels. 'Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.'

Sylvester or The Wicked Uncle by Georgette Heyer