A Civil Campaign
A Civil Campaign: A Comedy of Biology and Manners is a science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in September 1999. It is a part of the Vorkosigan Saga, and is the thirteenth full-length novel in publication order. It is included in the 2008 omnibus Miles in Love. The title is an homage to the Georgette Heyer novel A Civil Contract and, like Heyer's historical romances, the novel focuses on romance, comedy, and courtship. It is dedicated to "Jane, Charlotte, Georgette, and Dorothy", likely the novelists Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Georgette Heyer, and Dorothy L. Sayers or Dorothy Dunnett.
Plot summary
An Imperial wedding is afoot, as Gregor Vorbarra, Emperor of Barrayar, has finally found love in the form of Komarran heiress Laisa.
Meanwhile, Miles Vorkosigan tackles the wooing of recent widow Ekaterin Vorsoisson in his typically deranged fashion: he does everything he can to avoid letting her know about the courtship prematurely, fearful that her failed marriage has put her off the institution for life. To get to see her frequently, and knowing of her ambition to become a gardener, he hires her to design a garden for Vorkosigan House.