The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century

Georgette Heyer

It is the first novel of the Georgian era (the reign of the House of Hanover in Great Britain, 1714–1837) from a cycle of the famous British writer Georgette Heyer (1902–1974). Lord John Carstares, unfairly accused of fraud, is forced to leave England. Deprived of livelihood, he finds consolation and a solution to the problem in gambling and robbery which oft en resembles the story of the legendary Robin Hood. He lives on this occupation after his illegal return to his homeland, too. But his life took a sharp turn when he got in the way of the infamous «Devil», Duke of Andover, saving from his hands the charming Miss Diana Beauleigh.