Friday's Child is a great favourite among fans of Georgette Heyer. It has a complicated plot and several funny characters. Antony, Lord Sheringham, is a young man of 23, who has inherited a large estate and fortune. However, he has 2 trustees, one of whom he dislikes and distrusts, and his father's will specifies that he wont inherit before he is 25, unless he marries before that date. The other trustee is his paternal Uncle, Prosper, who is decent enough but fat and lazy. Sherry does not get on with his mother, who is a weepy complaining woman, and her brother, his trustee, Horace, whom he feels is dubiously honest, but Sherry is himself a thoughtless young man who does not really want responsibility. So he has let things ride for a time but he is infatuated with Isabella Milborne, a lovely young heiress, who lives near him. So he decides to marry her, and secure his estate.
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