
In an 18th-Century England of wit womanising & powdered wigs provincial Philip Jettan runs the risk of irreproachability Cleone Charteris stands in no such danger The golden-haired headstrong despair of men she seeks a husband who can duel & dice with the best of them So Philip leaves for Paris where his father's hopes & his lover's ideals are realised but with unforeseen consequences for them both A peerlessly successful & prolific romantic novelist Georgette Heyer shows in Powder & Patch what won her a wide devoted readership that continues to this day