Bridgerton · Book 1
The Duke and I
- Published
- 5 January 2000
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN-13
- 9780380800827
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Duke and I (2000) opens the eight-book Bridgerton series with Daphne Bridgerton's fake courtship with the marriage-averse Duke of Hastings, narrated in part by the anonymous scandal sheet of Lady Whistledown. At 432 pages, it's the first of Julia Quinn's Regency romances to give a Bridgerton sibling their own book.
Its place in Bridgerton
The Duke and I is book 1 in the Bridgerton series. It is followed by The Viscount Who Loved Me. See the full Bridgerton reading order.
Two decades before Netflix made the name a global obsession, Julia Quinn's Bridgerton novels were already the gold standard of Regency romance. The series gives each of the eight alphabetically named Bridgerton siblings — Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth — their own love story, set amid the balls, promenades, and merciless gossip of London's ton, all narrated in part by the anonymous scandal sheet of Lady Whistledown. The Duke and I opens the sequence with Daphne's fake…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780380800827
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060751272
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