A House for the Season · Book 1
The Miser of Mayfair
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 167
- ISBN-13
- 9780859979054
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Miser of Mayfair is the book that opens M. C. Beaton's A House for the Season series, first published in 1986. It's followed in the reading order by Plain Jane. It runs 167 pages. The series ran to completion in 1988 across 6 books.
Its place in A House for the Season
The Miser of Mayfair is book 1 in the A House for the Season series. It is followed by Plain Jane. See the full A House for the Season reading order.
A House for the Season is told from an unusual angle for Regency romance: the servants' hall of 67 Clarges Street, a fashionable London townhouse that's rumored to bring bad luck to anyone who lives there. Rather than following one aristocratic family, each of the six novels centers on the below-stairs staff -- led by the sharp, resourceful butler Rainbird -- as they scheme, matchmake and quietly manipulate events to secure a good match for whichever tenant is currently renting the unlucky house, all while trying…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780859979054