The Toll-Gate: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency historical romance

by Georgette Heyer

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Captain John Staple's exploits against Napoleon's armies in the Spanish Peninsula have earned him the nickname 'Crazy Jack' amongst his comrades in the Dragoon Guards.

But once the Battle of Waterloo brings the Napoleonic Wars to a decisive end, the adventure-loving Captain finds life in peacetime intolerably dull.

When he finds himself lost in the Pennines, he takes refuge at an unmanned toll-house.

It's there that he encounters a lady of extraordinary qualities - and suddenly, his soldiering days...

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  • ISBN10 0099476363
  • ISBN13 9780099476368
  • Publish Date 6 October 2005 (first published 5 July 1954)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 8 August 2022
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Cornerstone
  • Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 288
  • Language English