 First edition cover | |
| Author | Georgette Heyer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Regency, Romance |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1946 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 306 pp |
The Reluctant Widow is a 1946 Regency romance by Georgette Heyer, published by Heinemann in the UK, and by Putnam the following year in the US.[1] A humorous parody of a Gothic novel, it is set in early 1813.[2] It was published with the description "By midnight she is a bride, by dawn a widow",[3] and with gouache artwork by Philip Gough.[4]
- ^ Kloester 2011, pp. 396, 400
- ^ Heyer Novel Chronology
- ^ Abe Books
- ^ The Cary Collection