Courtship in Georgian England was a decisive moment in the life cycle, often imagined as a tactical game. Sally Holloway uses a rich selection of material and written sources to explore the emotional experience of courtship between Georgian men and women, how love developed into a commercial industry, and what happened when engagements went awry. an impressive book which offers new insights into how Georgian men and women negotiated the processes of courtship, and provides an exemplar of how to 'do' emotions history with objects.