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. …
Georgette Heyer
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 …
Frederica – an interrupted novel part 1
“Miss Heyer is one of the finest writers operating today and it is well past time for this to be declared firmly and openly. She, too, probes into the souls and hearts of her characters …
False Colours – double the fun – Part 2
Direct from Georgette’s pen It is rare to have a synopsis of a Georgette Heyer novel direct from Georgette’s pen, but among the letters she wrote to her friend and former publisher, A.S. Frere, the …
False Colours – double the fun – Part 1
‘Though like Ronald, you don’t know Anything about Anything, I feel your instinct may inform you that this is just the sort of nonsense which suits my particular brand of humour’ Georgette Heyer to Max …
The Nonesuch – Heyer’s last book for Heinemann
A few weeks ago Mrs Rougier told me that she has made a start on a new novel. The provisional title is NONESUCH. I have no idea when it is likely to be ready, but …
A Civil Contract – Hidden Depths part 2
“I ought to be arranging all these matters, but how can I, when that bloody book is sitting in the typewriter, no more than half done, & me afflicted with a sort of paralysis? I …
