Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon. But only Theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him, and when he meets his stepmother and young half-brother, he detects open regrets that he has survived the wars.

Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon.

Heyer, Regency, Complete, Unabridged