The Scandal of the Season
A Dazzling Story of Risk and Dangerous Liasions. Beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor is seduced by charming Robert Petre, seventh baron of Ingatestone. Eager to secure herself a rich and handsome husband, Arabella cannot guess that the enigmatic robert is entwined in a treasonous plot against Queen...
show more
A Dazzling Story of Risk and Dangerous Liasions. Beautiful, clever Arabella Fermor is seduced by charming Robert Petre, seventh baron of Ingatestone. Eager to secure herself a rich and handsome husband, Arabella cannot guess that the enigmatic robert is entwined in a treasonous plot against Queen Anne. Watching the pair from the outskirts is a crippled man destined to become the genius of his age - the poet Alexander Pope. In Arabella and Robert's flirtations he has found the tale of temptation, coquetry and danger that might just make his fortune...
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099507291 (0099507293)
Publish date: August 7th 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Drama,
Historical Romance,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
18th Century
I enjoyed the flavour of the early eighteenth century in this novel; the decadent rich and the wannabes, but the story itself was a bit thin and the ending was disappointing. Having said that, the audiobook was the perfect entertainment for long periods in traffic jams. Cameron Stewart's narration w...
Pretty much what the title of this review says. I love "The Rape of the Lock" but this book is really dull and too modern, and, quite frankly, I didn't like the writing. Show me someone is proud, don't tell me over and over and over again.
This is a sort of prequel / riff on The Rape of the Lock, told in a sort of breathless, bawdy Georgian/modern style medley. Basically, if you're the sort of person who likes this sort of thing, then this will be the sort of thing that you like. I really enjoyed it.
I got about 30 pages into it and it wasn't working for me. Went to the reviews on Amazon and got my answer. Not worth the time.
Log in with Facebook 
