Regency Buck

For the band, see Regency Buck (band) Regency Buck is a novel written by Georgette Heyer. It has two distinctions: it is her only novel that combines both genres for which she was noted, the Regency romance and the detective novel; and it is the only one of her Regency stories to feature Beau Brummell as an actual character, rather than as someone mentioned in passing. Judith Taverner is a beautiful young heiress who comes to London to join high ... more

For the band, see Regency Buck (band) Regency Buck is a novel written by Georgette Heyer. It has two distinctions: it is her only novel that combines both genres for which she was noted, the Regency romance and the detective novel; and it is the only one of her Regency stories to feature Beau Brummell as an actual character, rather than as someone mentioned in passing. Judith Taverner is a beautiful young heiress who comes to London to join high society. She takes an instant dislike to her unwilling guardian, Julian, fifth Earl of Worth, who, having met her earlier in a small town filled with bucks watching a boxing match, treats her with a familiarity reserved for loose women. Judith soon becomes a sensation in London. She get many offers of marriage (including one from the Duke of Clarence). Worth does not permit her to marry any one of them. This initially makes Judith very angry, but she comes to appreciate it later. Judith has a younger brother named Peregrine (Perry) who is a... less