title: How to Create the Perfect Wife: Britains Most Ineligible Bachelor and his Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate
author:  Wendy Moore 
description: Who hasnt dreamed of a perfect better half? But one eighteenth-century British philosopher attempted to make that dream come true. Moore (Wedlock, 2009) lays out the incredible true story of Thomas Day. Unable to find a spouse suited for the bare life of virtue he envisioned, Day set out to create her by taking two orphan girls and subjecting them, without their knowledge, to his wife-molding program. Moore wittily skewers Days pie-in-the-sky ideals as they clash disastrously with reality. This engaging account will appeal to a diverse audience, including Enlightenment philosophy students and Jane Austen fans. Day is ludicrous, insufferable, arrogantand utterly engrossing. His quixotic quest fired the plots of numerous fictional works, including Pygmalion, that examined the quest for perfection. The narrative pulses forward briskly, moving between Days story and those of the orphan girls. Drawing on detailed personal accounts, Moore creates suspense and surprise in a manner rarely achieved in biographies. An unusual and unusually fascinating story. --Bridget Thoreson
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  The major must wed
  
  Wastrel, rebel, layabout...just a few of the names Lord Becconsall has hidden
  his quick intellect and sharp wit behind over the years. Recently titled, ex-
  military and required to wed, Jack views ton ladies with a cynical eye...
  Until he falls upon—quite literally—Lady Harriet Inskip.
  
  After years of being overlooked, Harriet cannot believe that Lord Becconsall
  is the only person to truly see her. But between his taunts and her fiery
  disposition, it’s soon clear that the major has finally met his match!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Brides for Bachelors
  
  Eligible rakes walk down the aisle!
  
  A friendship formed at Eton leads three bachelors through the trials of war,
  mystery and love!
  
  A major, a marquess and a captain reunite in London to celebrate Britain’s
  peace with France only to find society life has many more exciting things in
  store for them! While they are thrown into a mystery of jewelry theft and
  fraud, they all find themselve