A fascinating collection In this, Georgette Heyer’s centenary year, yesterday’s launch of Georgette Heyer, History and Historical Fiction by the University College London Press seems perfect timing. This fascinating collection of essays by academics and …
A watershed year !942 was a watershed year for Georgette Heyer. In May she finished writing Penhallow, the novel she believed was ‘a bit of a tour-de-force‘ and in November she and Ronald moved into …
Myths and legends are pervasive things that, once they take hold of the public consciousness, are almost impossible to remove. For those who read and love Georgette Heyer’s many novels there a couple of myths …
From house to flat – the move to Brighton Just before Christmas 1940, Georgette and Ronald, with their eight-year-old son, Richard, left Blackthorns, their home for the past seven years, and moved to Brighton. Heyer …
Faro’s Daughter – written straight to the typewriter! Read More »
Struggling again Envious Casca was the murder mystery that Georgette Heyer should have delivered to her publisher, Hodder & Stoughton, early in 1940. owever, the outbreak of War had interrupted this plan and she had …
A story called “Corinthian” It was in 1936 that Georgette Heyer first had the idea of writing a story called “Corinthian”. Originally intended as a short story, she soon decided that “that title would do …
Just read the typescript of my first Spanish Bride chapter. Distinctly Good! Georgette Heyer to Leonard Moore, letter, 14 July 1939 Inspiration! On March 25 1939, Georgette Heyer told her agent that she had “been …
A very Happy New Year everyone and to Heyer readers everywhere! 2021 marks the hundredth anniversary of Georgette Heyer’s first novel, The Black Moth. Written when she was just seventeen and published in September 1921, …
Georgette always enjoyed Christmas and was a generous giver of gifts to family and friends. Her favourite shopping destination for Christmas gifts was Fortnum and Mason, the famous department store that was literally across the …