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Lyme Regis,1806
Laura Morrison, aged 30, meets Mr Templeton, with whom she has an instant rapport. After three chance meetings, he disappears and no one will confirm ever seeing him.
Laura risks danger and disgrace to discover the truth. Information comes to light convincing her family she is deluded - the gentleman is imaginary. They conspire to force her to marry her cousin, Sir Richard Morrison, in the belief that marriage will cure her ills. Laura begins to doubt her own sanity, and agrees.
The conspiracy begins to unravel...(Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Epigraph: There is no passion with which people are so ready to tamper as love, although none is more dangerous - Dr. William Buchan, 1785, Domestic Medicine: or The Family Physician
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Dedication: For my father.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Take Three
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 3 December 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Dovetail Road 2006 single work novel ; The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel -
Off the Shelf
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 November 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel -
[Review] The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 62)
— Review of The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel -
Putting Pride Aside
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 September 2006; (p. 11) -
In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 September 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel
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In Short : Fiction
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 September 2006; (p. 34)
— Review of The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel -
[Review] The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 286 2006; (p. 62)
— Review of The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel -
Off the Shelf
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 November 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel -
Take Three
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 3 December 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Dovetail Road 2006 single work novel ; The Imaginary Gentleman : A Regency Intrigue 2006 single work novel -
Putting Pride Aside
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 30 September 2006; (p. 11)
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Lyme Regis,
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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