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Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, The English Heiress follows the fortunes of Leonie de Conyers, a beautiful aristocratic heiress whose life is devastated by conflict and loss. Her path crosses with Roger St. Eyre, an English nobleman determined to rescue her. The pair are thrown into perilous schemes, forced to flee the doomed Marie Antoinette and the guillotine, kidnapped, denounced, and separated. Driven by an unbreakable passion, they overcome the obstacles of war, seek escape from France, and aim to reunite in England to secure their shared destiny.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Roberta Gellis
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