The Talisman Ring

Blurb

The Talisman Ring is a historical romance novel by Georgette Heyer, first published in 1936. Set in 1793, in the Georgian era, the action takes place in Sussex, where Heyer then lived.
Like several of Heyer's early novels including Regency Buck and The Corinthian, The Talisman Ring blends the genres of romantic comedy and thriller. Jane Aiken Hodge describes it as a "neat comedy" and "very nearly a detective story in period costume". In counterpointing an older and a younger couple, the novel is a forerunner of many of Heyer's later works, such as Frederica. The Talisman Ring is also the first of Heyer's novels to feature characters from the Bow Street Runners.