Джорджетт Хейер: Devil’s Cub

The Marquis of Vidal is a bad lot a rake and seducer, reckless, heedless, and possessed of a murderous temper. He is known by friend and foe alike as the «Devil s Cub.» Yet as the handsome and wealthy heir to a Dukedom, he is considered a good prospect on the marriage market. Vidal currently has his eye on the young, lovely, and unintelligent Sophia Challoner, and Sophia s greedy mother is more than happy to encourage his dubious attentions. The colorful and eccentric characters fall over each other s plots, get involved in very peculiar coincidences, engage in colorful derring-do, and generally make life difficult for each other.