The Heiress of the Night: Shadows in Regency England

London, 1815.

As England celebrates the defeat of Napoleon, the city reveals its seams: an aristocracy glittering in its salons and an impoverished multitude struggling to survive along the docks of the Thames. Between these two worlds circulates a name feared and revered in equal measure: the Guardian of the Night. To the law, a ruthless pirate; to the dispossessed, an almost mythical figure who defies an unjust order.

The Marquis of Rowanhold belongs to respectable London. Educated, restrai...