Lady of Quality – the End
HM Queen Elizabeth II While this post is about Georgette Heyer’s last complete novel, it seems somehow fitting to pay tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II who died today (8 September 2022) at the age …
Georgette Heyer
Happy 120th birthday Georgette Heyer!
“So then we all went in to lunch, where the new secretary for Heron was presented, and I found an orchid on my plate!!!! As it is years since anyone gave me an orchid that …
Charity Girl – against the odds part 3
“It has left my withers wholly unwrung” On 1 October 1970, Georgette Heyer’s penultimate Regency novel, Charity Girl, was published. On that same day, The Times newspaper published a long article about Georgette, her readers …
Charity Girl – against the odds part 2
“I’m writing to ask you a favour” Dear Mrs. Rougier, I’m writing to ask you a favour. I wonder if you would consider waiving your quite reasonable distaste for being photographed and allow me to …
Charity Girl – against the odds – part 1
As you will see by my use of the typewriter, I am busily engaged on my new book. There is no room to write at my desk once I’ve set up the Infernal Machine! I …
Cousin Kate – a Gothic novel?
“Now, don’t ask me a whole lot of questions about this epic! I know what it’s ABOUT, but I also know (knowing myself) that it will probably undergo many changes as my Fluid Pen progresses. …
Black Sheep – a new type of hero
“I hope you and Joan will have a good Christmas & that the New Year may be enlivened for you by news of my new book. At present I have none to give you, but …
Georgette Heyer – Book chat with Susannah Fullerton
Jennifer Kloester and Susannah Fullerton are both life-long readers of the wonderful Regency novels of Georgette Heyer.
Frederica – an interrupted novel part 2
I am now wondering what Frederica did & why, & whatever induced me to embrace writing as a profession. I haven’t a clue to any of these problems. Georgette Heyer to Pat Wallace 30 January …
