title: The Last Gentleman: A Novel
author:  Walker Percy 
description: Brilliant...It shimmers with the chaste and civilized ornaments of irony, understatement, and compassion. <i>Time</i>
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  Regency Unlaced 6
  
  Captured by a Gentleman
  
  By
  
  Carole Mortimer
  
  USA Today Bestselling Author
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2016 Carole Mortimer
  
  Cover Design Copyright © Glass Slipper Designs
  
  Editor: Linda Ingmanson
  
  Formatter: Matthew Mortimer
  
  ISBN: 978-1-910597-35-4 ePub
  
  ISBN: 978-1-910597-34-7 mobi
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events,
  or locales is entirely coincidental.
  
  All Rights Reserved.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  DEDICATIONS
  
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  Chapter 1
  
  April, 1817
  
  The Green Man Coaching Inn,
  
  Bedfordshire, England.
  
  “It appears we have an uninvited passenger, Mr. Montgomery.”
  
  Ranulf had been lost in thought as he sat in the parlor of the coaching inn,
  enjoying a tankard of ale as he waited for his dinner to be served after a
  full day of traveling. He did not need this