Lord Pierson Reforms

Lord Pierson Reforms
Author: Donna Simpson
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821776186

An angel--that's what Dante Delacourt, Viscount Pierson, spies as he staggers home one foggy night. Admittedly, he is quite in his cups, but the blonde vision in the passing carriage is surely the archetype of goodness--a moral compass to guide him away from his scandalous past. Pierson can hardly believe his luck when he encounters this paragon the next day, in the company of her chaperone, Miss Amy Corbett. Yet for all her physical loveliness, Lady Rowena Revington seems a touch ... temperamental, and Pierson turns more and more to wise, warmhearted Amy for courtship advice and companionship. But Amy has been charged with finding the spoiled harpy a husband by the end of the Season, and it is no easy task.

The Chaperone’s Secret

The Chaperone’s Secret
Author: Donna Lea Simpson
Publisher: Beyond The Page
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1946069426

From the author of An Eccentric Engagement comes a Regency romance celebrating the witty and romantic world that fans of Georgette Heyer have fallen in love with. “Simpson excels at imbuing her realistic characters with subtle depths!” —John Charles, American Library Association As chaperone to the Season’s most desirable young miss, Amy Corbett has two specific duties: to ensure that her charge’s reputation remains spotless, and to see her betrothed to an exceptional beau. Given that the coquettish Lady Rowena manages to maintain an air of propriety while being a flirt of the highest caliber, Amy knows her job should be easy—if only the calculating young aristocrat weren’t so set on toying with men’s hearts, including that of her latest prey, the debauched Lord Dante Pierson. Like other gentlemen of high standing and low tastes, Lord Pierson’s restless desire for excitement had driven him into a life of squalor and scandalous social blunders. Finding himself drunk and mud-spattered in a gutter one night, he spies an angelic apparition in a passing carriage and is overcome by a will to reform—surely such a woman could give him hope of rebirth. When he learns that the anonymous beauty is Lady Rowena, he vows to coax that flicker of warmth into a flame. As Rowena lures the unsuspecting Pierson ever closer to heartbreak, Amy realizes that for all the talk of his wastrel ways, he is actually a gentle and caring man to be championed and cherished. And in an unguarded moment, the unassuming Amy and downtrodden Lord Pierson will discover that they possess kindred souls—and will make a daring decision to follow their own true path to happiness and love . . . This book was originally published as Lord Pierson Reforms.

The Gilded Knight

The Gilded Knight
Author: Donna Simpson
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821776209

A widow waiting to be removed from her family estate by the new viscount instead finds herself wooed by a chivalrous man who melts her long-frozen heart. Original.

Romance Fiction

Romance Fiction
Author: Kristin Ramsdell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 742
Release: 2012-03-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1610692357

A comprehensive guide that defines the literature and the outlines the best-selling genre of all time: romance fiction. More than 2,000 romances are published annually, making it difficult for fans and the librarians who advise them to keep pace with new titles, emerging authors, and constant evolution of this dynamic genre. Fortunately, romance expert and librarian Kristin Ramsdell provides a definitive guide to this fiction genre that serves as an indispensible resource for those interested in it—including fans searching for reading material—as well as for library staff, scholars, and romance writers themselves. This title updates the last edition of Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, published in 1999.While the emphasis is on newer titles, many of the important older classics are retained, keeping the focus of the book on the entire genre, instead of only those titles published during the last decade. Specific changes include new chapters on linked and continuing romances, a new section on "Chick Lit" in the Contemporary Romance chapter, an expansion of coverage on the alternative reality subset. This is THE romance genre guide to have.

A Century of Premiers

A Century of Premiers
Author: D. Leonard
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230511503

During the course of the Twentieth Century, nineteen men and one woman - from Robert Cecil, Third Marquis of Salisbury to Tony Blair - have occupied the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Lady Savage

Lady Savage
Author: Donna Simpson
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780821778135

When a highborn lady is marooned on a primitive Caribbean island with her fianc's servant, his resourcefulness and elemental strength make her breathless with desire. Original.

Executive Decision-Making and the Courts

Executive Decision-Making and the Courts
Author: TT Arvind
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2021-02-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509930345

In this book, leading experts from across the common law world assess the impact of four seminal House of Lords judgments decided in the 1960s: Ridge v Baldwin, Padfeld v Minister of Agriculture, Conway v Rimmer, and Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission. The 'Quartet' is generally acknowledged to have marked a turning point in the development of court-centred administrative law, and can be understood as a 'formative moment' in the emergence of modern judicial review. These cases are examined not only in terms of the points each case decided, and their contribution to administrative law doctrine, but also in terms of the underlying conception of the tasks of administrative law implicit in the Quartet. By doing so, the book sheds new light on both the complex processes through which the modern system of judicial review emerged and the constitutional choices that are implicit in its jurisprudence. It further reflects upon the implications of these historical processes for how the achievements, failings and limitations of the common law in reviewing actions of the executive can be evaluated.

The Conservatives - A History

The Conservatives - A History
Author: Robin Harris
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2011-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1409032744

The history of the Conservative party has, extraordinarily, rarely been written in a single volume for the general reader. There are academic multi-volume accounts and a multitude of smaller books with limited historical scope. But now, Robin Harris, Margaret Thatcher's speechwriter and party insider, has produced this authoritative but lively history book which tells the whole story and fills a gaping hole in Britain's historiographical record. Taking as his starting point the larger than life personalities of the Conservative Party's leaders and prime ministers since its inception, Robin Harris's book also analyses the interconnected themes and issues which have dominated Conservative politics over the years. The careers of Peel, Disraeli, Salisbury, Baldwin, Chamberlain, Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Heath, Thatcher, Major, Hague and Cameron together amount to an alternative history of Britain since the early nineteenth century. This landmark book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in history or politics, or anyone who has ever wondered how Britain came to be the nation it is today.

Sir Orme Sargent and British Policy Towards Europe, 1926–1949

Sir Orme Sargent and British Policy Towards Europe, 1926–1949
Author: Adam Richardson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2022-12-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429535317

This book examines the career of Sir Orme Sargent, one of the most important and distinguished British diplomats of the twentieth century. For almost a quarter of century, Sargent helped shape British policy towards Europe. Covering the period from 1926 to 1949, this study explores Sargent and Foreign Office responses during a tumultuous period which included the collapse of Weimar Germany, the rise of Fascism, the Second World War, Anglo-Soviet relations and the dawn of the Cold War. In doing so, it sheds light on an important but largely neglected historical figure in the study of twentieth century British foreign policy. The book will be of use and interest to scholars, students and general researchers in the fields of twentieth-century foreign policy, British history, diplomatic relations and Britain’s relationship with Europe.