![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After this excursion to Versailles, the Comte becomes greatly interested in Léon and attempts to purchase him. ![]() He also notes that the boy, Léon's age, prefers rural life, and wants to be a farmer. He notes the resemblance of the son, Henri, to Léon's brother, Jean Bonnard, a tavern keeper. The Duke displays Léon before the Comte's wife and his son and heir. He takes the boy as his page, and as such can parade the boy throughout French high society, even at a party at Versailles held by Louis XV. Not knowing the exact relationship between the boy and Saint-Vire, Avon purchases him from his brother, a tavern keeper. Avon literally collides with an abused boy, Léon Bonnard, whose red hair, deep blue eyes and black eyebrows proclaim him a child of the Comte. Plot summary įortune favours Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon, casting in his way, one Paris night, the means to revenge himself on his enemy, the Comte de Saint-Vire. However, she also refers to Madame de Pompadour as actively involved with Louis XV, whereas her relationship with the King ended at about 1750. The novel is set around 1755: Heyer refers to the Duke of Avon's participation in the 1745 uprising as ten years previous in addition the Prince of Condé is said to be about 20 years old. These Old Shades (1926) is a historical romance written by British novelist Georgette Heyer. ![]()
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