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<tr><th>Country</th><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Regency romance</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (Hardback & Paperback)</td></tr><tr><th>Pages</th><td>255 pp</td></tr><tr><th>ISBN</th><td>NA</td></tr>

Black Sheep

Author	Georgette Heyer
Publisher	The Bodley Head
Released	1966

Black Sheep is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer which was first published in 1966.

[edit] Plot summary

The novel is set in Bath and centres around two main characters: Miss Abigail Wendover and Mr Miles Caverleigh. When attempting to enlist Miles' help in preventing a clandestine marriage between his nephew, Stacy, and her niece, Fanny, Abigail finds herself attracted to the black sheep of the Caverleigh family. After rejecting Miles' first proposal, following a series of Heyer-esque twists and turns, Abigail is finally swept off her feet when Miles abducts her and the novel ends with the two on their way to get married.

[edit] Major themes

The novel is typical of the Regency romance genre, encompassing as it does a beautiful heroine, disreputable hero, balls, routs and Bath's waters!