Rules of the Heart

Inspired by an eighteenth-century love affair, Rules of the Heart is the story of a woman who thinks she understands the rules of the game - but ends by breaking them all.

Rules of the Heart by Janice Hadlow is a beautifully evocative historical novel about the perils of an all-consuming love affair. From the bestselling author of The Other Bennet Sister . I could never understand a medium in love, I must love with my whole heart and soul, my whole existence, know no happiness or misery but from the object of my passion . . . England, 1794. Now in her thirties, Lady Henrietta Bessborough is no stranger to the affections of a younger man. For married women of the Ton, a young lover is encouraged, provided you know how to play the game: don''t embarrass your husband, maintain complete discretion at all times and, most importantly, never fall in love. So when Henrietta meets Lord Granville - brilliantly handsome, rich, twelve years younger than her - he appears the perfect candidate for an affair. Until she falls uncontrollably under his spell. As she''s plunged into an all-consuming passion, all the wisdom and sophistication Henrietta thought she had deserts her. And, with their relationship drawing the attention of wider society, each anxious but besotted step she takes leads her further into scandal and ruin . . . Praise for The Other Bennet Sister: ''Immersive and engaging'' - The Guardian ''It''s difficult not to race through those final pages'' - Jo Baker, bestselling author of Longbourn '' A novel that will delight Pride and Prejudice fans'' - The Independent

Autorentext

Janice Hadlow was born in London and studied history at university. After a few years working for the House of Commons, she joined the BBC and became a television producer. There, and later at Channel Four, she played an important role in popularising history on tv, making a number of highly regarded series, including Simon Schama's History of Britain.

She went on to run two of the BBC's major television channels, first as Controller of BBC 4 and then BBC 2, and she commissioned hits across a wide range of genres, from Great British Bake Off to the dramas Wolf Hall and Line of Duty. She was the recipient of a number of awards, and is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society, as well as of King's College, University of London.

The Other Bennet Sister is her first novel although she has previously written one non fiction book, The Strangest Family, which told the story of the troubled relationship between George III and his wife and children. Her newest novel, Rules of the Heart, is a sweeping Regency romance, featuring a real-life scandalous affair.

She currently lives in Edinburgh with her husband and has two sons.

Klappentext

'Entertaining historical fiction with Jane Austen vibes' - Good Housekeeping

Inspired by real history, Rules of the Heart is the sweeping new novel from the bestselling author of The Other Bennet Sister, Janice Hadlow.

When I love at all, it is with my whole soul - my heart must be torn to pieces before it can forget . . .

England, 1794. Lady Harriet Bessborough seemingly has it all: wife to a lord and sister to a duchess, she is welcomed in all the most fashionable circles. Yet she yearns for something her marriage has failed to offer: true love.

When she meets the captivating Lord Granville, twelve years her junior and a famous heartbreaker, she at first dismisses his advances as opportunistic flattery. But then she sees another side to him - a side she realizes she cannot resist.

As she plunges into an all-consuming affair, Harriet finds herself torn between her duty and her deepest desires. For in a world where appearances are everything, each anxious but besotted step she takes leads her ever closer to scandal and ruin . . .

Praise for The Other Bennet Sister:

'Immersive and engaging' - The Guardian

'It's difficult not to race through those final pages' - Jo Baker, bestselling author of *Longbourn

'A novel that will delight Pride and Prejudice fans' - The Independent*

Zusammenfassung
Inspired by an eighteenth-century love affair, Rules of the Heart is the story of a woman who thinks she understands the rules of the game - but ends by breaking them all.