Book
Dreaming of You
First published 1994
Country novelist Sara Fielding enters London’s dangerous districts while researching a new book and saves gaming-club owner Derek Craven from an attack. Their growing attachment crosses class boundaries, but Derek’s fear of intimacy and the enemies surrounding his club threaten the future Sara imagines.
The novel combines Regency romance with the commercial and criminal life of Georgian London. Derek’s rise from poverty, Sara’s authorship and the social reach of the gaming house allow the story to examine mobility, literacy, vice and respectability in a rapidly changing city.
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