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Polly Howard, an absentminded artist, is saved from a fall by a shabbyRussian vagabond. Kolya Volkov turns out to be a gentleman and a friend of her brother’s employer. Exiled from Russia, penniless, he must make his own way in England. He has nothing to offer her, and she, dedicated to her painting, doesn’t expect ever to marry—until a plot to blow up the Prince Regent’s Brighton Pavilion brings the unlikely pair together. Regency Romance by Carola Dunn; originally published by WalkerTags
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Carola Dunn was born in England on November 14, 1946. She received a B.A. in Russian and French from Manchester University and took a secretarial course for graduates at Oxford Tech. She traveled to numerous places around the world including Samoa and Fiji before getting married and settling in California. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she show more worked in child-care, market research, construction, and wrote definitions for a science and technology dictionary. Her first book, Toblethorpe Manor, was published in 1979. Since then, she has written over 50 books including more than 30 Regency romances and the Daisy Dalrymple mystery series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Polly and the Prince
- Original publication date
- 1991
- People/Characters
- Polly Howard; Nikolai Mikhailovich Volkov 'Kolya'; Nicholas Howard; Edward Howard 'Ned'; Mrs. Howard; Lady Sylvia Ellingham (show all 10); Annette Ellingham; Edwina Ellingham 'Winnie'; Rebecca Nuthall; Lord John Danville
- Important places
- Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK; Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
- Dedication
- To my mother, Margaret Brauer,
who has done so much research for me
and who is my most loyal fan - First words
- Resting her heavy basket on the stone balustrade at the top of the steps leading down to the street, Polly gazed back at the Pantiles.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"This too I will arrange," he said grinning and, to the verger's horrified disgust, he caught her to him and kissed her again.
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