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A portrait of fashionable society at the height of the era, The Edwardians revealed, through the lives of its characters, all that was glamorous about the period -- and all that was to lead to its downfall. Sebastian and Viola are brother and sister. Handsome and moody, at nineteen Sebastian is a duke and heir to the vast country estate, Chevron. A deep sense of tradition and love of the English countryside bind him to his inheritance, though he loathes the glittering, cold, extravagant society of which he is a part. Sixteen-year-old Viola is more independent, an unfashionable beauty who…
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14 editions- Paperback · English · 2017Vintage · 272 pages · 9780525433996
- Hardcover · English · 2007Buccaneer Books · 9780899685496
- Paperback · English · 2006Hesperides Press · 352 pages · 9781406713220
- Hardcover · English · 1989EdwardiansAmereon Limited · 222 pages · 9780884111405
- Hardcover · English · 1986EdwardiansNorwood Editions · 9780848264185
- Paperback · English · 1961Penguin (Non-Classics) · 9780670000876
FictionHistoryManners and customsUpper classCoronationsSocial life and customsFamiliesEngland, fiction