The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown

by Julia Quinn

First published 2003

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2.5(5)

Four connected Regency novellas unfold during a cold London season under the commentary of Lady Whistledown. Julia Quinn’s contribution, “36 Valentines,” follows Susannah Ballister after a humiliating broken engagement and David, Earl of Renminster, the brother of the man who jilted her.

The stories by Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins and Mia Ryan share events and gossip rather than operating as isolated pieces. The Bridgerton family is not central, but Lady Whistledown’s narration makes the anthology an honorary companion to the early Bridgerton novels.