book quiz

[bobobalde111]

can anyone identify the character and book from the following clue
this regency novelist satirises a sardonic aristocrat only to find hes rather nicer in person

[blackandtan]

Could be Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer
The character possibly being Julian fifth Earl of Worth.
He was Judith Taverners guardian and they did not on get but later fall in love.

[cheaton]

The Scarlet Pimpernel springs to mind but..... not sure!