Claiming the Duchess

Claiming the Duchess
Author: Sherry Thomas
Publisher: Sherry Thomas
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2014-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1631280058

Clarissa, the widowed Duchess of Lexington, has two great loves: the reticent and reclusive Mr. James Kingston and her faithful correspondent Miss Julia Kirkland, whom Clarissa has never met. Now both Mr. Kingston and Miss Kirkland are due to arrive at Clarissa’s house—and Clarissa is about to find out that nothing of either is as she has been led to believe… This is a short story of 6,000 words. Tags secret identity romance, nobility, second chance, rich, Victorian romance, Edwardian romance, epistolary romance

The Duchess Contest

The Duchess Contest
Author: Gina Robinson
Publisher: Gina Robinson
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

THE DUCHESS CONTEST is book 2 of the Billionaire Duke series. This series needs to be read in order. If you haven’t read the other books, now’s a good time to go back and see what you missed. Start with THE BILLIONAIRE DUKE. I’m a billionaire. I can have anything I want. Except staying single. Seattle billionaire and reluctant new duke Riggins Feldhem's life is suddenly upended by not one contender, but two, for the role as his duchess. One has all the duchess-like credentials. But the other is gaining control of his heart. If he can't wriggle his way out of matrimony, which is the least dangerous choice? It's a British invasion. When Riggins' British fan club and a beautiful daughter of an earl arrive in Seattle, Haley Hamilton feels her shot at becoming Riggins' wife and duchess slipping away. But she isn't going to take this invasion lying down. She's going to fight…for his heart. Scroll up and grab your copy today!

The Duchess

The Duchess
Author: Jude Deveraux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 347
Release: 1992-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743459210

New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux captures the thrill of an American beauty's Highlands wedding, where a royal title is at stake—and where love wins the day. Claire Willoughby risked losing millions in her inheritance if, as decreed by her grandfather, she did not wed an "acceptable" man. Harry Montgomery, the eleventh Duke of MacArran, seemed perfect. He owned a historic castle, he looked manly in a kilt, and he was as much a titled Scotsman as Bonnie Prince Charlie himself. Their engagement announced, Claire's future as a duchess was assured—and she set off with her family to meet the Montgomery clan in Scotland. Bramley Castle was a damp, chill place, overþowing with eccentric relatives. But there was also Trevelyan, a secretive, brooding man who lived in Bramley's ancient halls. Whoever he was, he wasn't at all like Harry: Trevelyan was the most exasperating, arrogant, know-it-all of a man Claire had ever met. And the most fascinating...

The Indiscretion of the Duchess

The Indiscretion of the Duchess
Author: Anthony Hope
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

'The Indiscretion of the Duchess' is an adventure-romance novel by Anthony Hope. Written in first-person, it follows the adventures of a man in Paris, who one morning, as he sat smoking his after-breakfast cigar in his rooms in St. James' Street, was suddenly visited by his friend Gustave de Berensac, who told him that the Duchess of Saint-Maclou is currently in residence—which piqued our protagonist interest, for he has always wanted to meet this woman.

When the Duchess Said Yes

When the Duchess Said Yes
Author: Isabella Bradford
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345527321

The romantic escapades of the irrepressible Wylder sisters continue in Isabella Bradford’s fun, charming, and breathtakingly passionate series—as the wildest of the Wylders turns an arranged marriage into a game of desire to tame a wayward duke. Notorious for her free-spirited antics, Lady Elizabeth Wylder revels in attention—but not the sort that leaves her humiliated when her future husband, the Duke of Hawkesworth, fails to appear for their much-anticipated first introduction. So when a chance encounter leads to a sizzling kiss with a dangerously handsome stranger, she nearly succumbs. The shock of finally meeting her betrothed only to come face to face with her rakish would-be seducer inspires fury—and fans the flames of a fire that both Lizzie and the Duke acknowledge is a most agreeable way to start a marriage. In her husband’s arms, Lizzie knows she has found love. But is the passion that accompanies endless nights of erotic discovery enough to persuade a duke whose scandalous lineage and lifestyle prevent him from giving his heart completely?

Claiming the Real

Claiming the Real
Author: Brian Winston
Publisher: British Film Institute
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1995-04
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

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The Betrayal of the Duchess

The Betrayal of the Duchess
Author: Maurice Samuels
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1541645464

Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power and revolution. The year was 1832, a cholera pandemic raged, and the French royal family was in exile, driven out by yet another revolution. From a drafty Scottish castle, the duchesse de Berry -- the mother of the eleven-year-old heir to the throne -- hatched a plot to restore the Bourbon dynasty. For months, she commanded a guerilla army and evaded capture by disguising herself as a man. But soon she was betrayed by her trusted advisor, Simon Deutz, the son of France's Chief Rabbi. The betrayal became a cause célèbre for Bourbon loyalists and ignited a firestorm of hate against France's Jews. By blaming an entire people for the actions of a single man, the duchess's supporters set the terms for the century of antisemitism that followed. Brimming with intrigue and lush detail, The Betrayal of the Duchess is the riveting story of a high-spirited woman, the charming but volatile young man who double-crossed her, and the birth of one of the modern world's most deadly forms of hatred. !--EndFragment--

The Duchess Who Dared

The Duchess Who Dared
Author: Charles Castle
Publisher: Swift Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2021-12-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1800750803

The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany ?Margaret was debutante of the year, the beautiful fairy-tale heiress immortalised in Cole Porter's 'You're The Top' - who ended up penniless and ostracised from her own family. Legal actions coloured her life - her divorce from the Duke of Argyll was one of the longest, costliest and most notorious in British legal history. Her diaries, and photographs of her with an anonymous naked man, were used in evidence. This sparkling biography draws on exclusive interviews with the late Duchess to lift the lid off her extraordinary story, and her scandalous lifestyle. The Duchess Who Dared is a fascinating chronicle of a complex, charming and surprisingly modern woman.