Desperate Duchesses · Book 1
Desperate Duchesses
- Published
- 1 January 2007
- ISBN-13
- 9780061443954
- Type
- novel
About this book
Desperate Duchesses opens Eloisa James's longest-running series in 2007, introducing the wide, interconnected circle of Georgian dukes, duchesses and their friends that the next eight books continue -- with chess serving as a recurring motif for the strategic games of courtship and reputation the characters play across Georgian London.
Its place in Desperate Duchesses
Desperate Duchesses is book 1 in the Desperate Duchesses series. It is followed by An Affair Before Christmas. See the full Desperate Duchesses reading order.
Desperate Duchesses is Eloisa James's longest-running series, following a wide circle of Georgian-era duchesses, dukes and their friends across nine interconnected novels centered on chess, scandal and the marriage games of the era's high society. Desperate Duchesses (2007) opens the series, followed the same year by An Affair Before Christmas, then Duchess by Night and When the Duke Returns (both 2008), This Duchess of Mine and A Duke of Her Own (both 2009). Three Weeks With Lady X (2014) and Four Nights with…
Editions
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