From Library Journal
Judith Taverner and her brother, Peregrine, are orphans. The death of their eccentric father left them well provided for but consigned to the guardianship of a man they have never met, Julian St. John Audley, Lord Worth. When repeated requests for an introduction to him go unanswered, they set off to London to force a meeting. En route, they spend the night in the village of Grantham, where they make the acquaintance of their Uncle Bernard. Judith and Perry, knowing that their father had disowned his brother many years ago are reluctant to acknowledge the relationship, but Bernard proves to be polite and charming. They also run afoul of an arrogant aristocrat when Perry mishandles a borrowed gig on the road and causes a near-accident. On reaching London, Judith and Perry are amazed and horrified to discover that the insufferable nobleman who made their lives a misery in Grantham is none other than Lord Worth himself. The plot is sufficiently clever and complicated to keep the listener guessing, but the characters are not as appealing as those in some of Heyer's other Regencies. Worth never really becomes human; he is annoyingly arrogant and omniscient, keeping his feelings, as well as a couple of vital facts, hidden from the heroine and the listener alike. Judith, not allowed to overcome the conventions of her romance heroine role, never becomes a decisive character. June Barrie handles the various voices and accents well but unremarkably. A secondary purchase in libraries where Heyer's works (e.g., Cotillion) are popular and the budget allows. Barbara Rhodes, Northeast Texas Lib. Syst., GarlandCopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

ANNOTATION

Young, wealthy and beautiful, Miss Judith Taverner is looking forward to her first London season, which has all the earmarkings of a marvelous success. However, her grim, yet incredibly handsome guardian, Julian St. John Audley, is determined to spoil all Judith's plans. "With Georgette Heyer, you don't buy a book, you buy a world."--Time. Regency Romance reissue.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Georgette Heyer is the queen of Regency romances, and nowhere is her ruling talent better displayed than in REGENCY BUCK.

Her heroine, Judith Taverner, is lovely, vivacious and daring. But she meets her match in her guardian, the lofty consequential Lord Worth. Judith challenges him in a duel of wits.

This historical novel is reminiscent of Jane Austen in its subtle humor and sure sense of character and plot. "Nowhere is the society, the flavor and the cant of Regency England more knowingly and delightfully portrayed than in the novels of Georgette Heyer." (Philadelphia Bulletin)

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