
Under the reign of Louis XV corruption & intrigue have been allowed to blossom in France & Justin Alastair the notorious Duke of Avon & proud of his soubriquet ' Satanas' flourishes as well Then from a dark Parisian back alley he plucks L-on a red-headed urchin with strangely familiar looks just in time for his long over-due schemes of revenge on the Comte de St Vire Among the splendours of Versailles & the dignified mansions of England Justin begins to unfold his sinister plans -- until that is Leon becomes the ravishing beauty Leonie Yet again Georgette Heyer shows the qualities that made her one of the most successful & best-loved romantic novelists of her age & why her popularity endures to this day