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0750539267 
Large print Rake's progress; by M.C. Beaton
Year: 2014
Language: English
Type: Large print
Class Number: F
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Magna, 2014
Physical or Electronic: Physical
ISBN: 9780750539265
Notes:
Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987
Lord Guy Carlton, late of His Majesty's Regiment and weary from the war in France, has only wine, women and song in mind when he rents No. 67 Clarges Street for the season. He certainly has no desire for a serious attachment - and as for marriage: never! But Lord Guy Carlton didn't factor in the lovely but very proper Miss Esther Jones. Although one of the richest women in England she is also one of the most innocent which could make her an unwilling victim of the philandering lord.
Extent: 256 pages (large print), hbk
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