The land alongside Lanyon Hall is owned by Lord Deverill, a well known rake and libertine who is known as ‘the Wicked Baron’ by the local children. It tells the story of the very beautiful orphan Venetia Lanyon, who has lived at the family home all her life, rarely venturing further than the local assemblies where she is hailed as a great beauty thanks to her blue eyes and ‘guinea gold’ hair In her care is her younger brother Aubrey, who is extremely studious in a way that would be called ‘geeky’ today and there is another, older brother who is away with the army. Venetia and The Nonesuch are both examples of this although both have chapters set in London and revolve around the arrival of a glamorous London Alpha Male in a rather sleepy rural setting. Athough Heyer’s Regency books were primarily set in London, Brighton and Bath, she did occasionally venture further afield, often to Yorkshire.
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